{"componentChunkName":"component---src-template-blog-template-js","path":"/blog/corona-infodemic","result":{"data":{"markdownRemark":{"frontmatter":{"author":"Dr. Dhaarna Bhardwaj","date":"25 Mar 2020","title":"Corona Infodemic","path":"/blog/corona-infodemic","imagesrc":"/blog_images/corona-infodemic.webp"},"html":"<p><img src=\"/blog_images/corona-infodemic.webp\"> </p>\n<p>Corona has become the first social media Infodemic in true sense. “Infodemic,’” refers to an overabundance of information—some accurate and some not. With over 45% people in world using smartphones, like the virus, the misinformation lethally spread around the world at such unprecedented speeds triggering anxiety, panic, fear, confusion and racism in people.</p>\n<p>It has become difficult to find reliable and trustworthy information when needed.</p>\n<p>Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), noted that urgent measures must now be taken to address the <a href=\"https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3050080/coronavirus-how-who-leading-social-media-fight-against/\">“coronavirus infodemic”</a>.</p>\n<p>Amidst all this chaos, there is a silver lining too, on platforms like Weibo and WeChat, stories of kindness, volunteering, donating and helping each other in unexpected and generous ways also overflow.</p>"}},"pageContext":{}}}