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The role of social media in the spread of health misinformation in South Africa: the Netwerk24 Facebook page, Afrikaner identity, and COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

The increase in health misinformation shared on social media resulted in the World Health Organisation declaring an ‘infodemic' (or information pandemic) during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Health misinformation can have serious consequences, including public resistance to healt...

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Main Author: Davies-Laubscher, Nicola
Other Authors: Bosch, Tanja
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Centre for Film and Media Studies 2025
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