The role of social media in spreading misinformation about covid-19 in the levant region

Abstract

Since the outbreak of the Covid19 virus, the number of information sent over social media platforms has increased, making it increasingly difficult to distinguish between trustworthy and misleading content. We studied whether social media platforms are informing or misinforming people in the Levant area on the Covid-19 by analyzing responses to an online survey. According to the report, 55% of users rely on social media as their major source of information, while 52% rely on local media. Furthermore, more than 77.4 percent say social networking sites occasionally give genuine information, while 20% believe they just provide a wide picture. Furthermore, according to the poll, 81.6 percent of respondents had read Covid-19-related material that turned out to be untrue. The findings found that misinformation regarding COVID-19 spread on social media contributed to an increase in panic and concern about the virus.