A pilot toolbox against health misinformation the Czech Republic in the COVID-19 age
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F23%3A10470733" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/23:10470733 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://is.muni.cz/www/98951/47857356/data-rulezzz/data-rulezzz.pdf" target="_blank" >https://is.muni.cz/www/98951/47857356/data-rulezzz/data-rulezzz.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
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Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A pilot toolbox against health misinformation the Czech Republic in the COVID-19 age
Original language description
Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has been a completely unprecedented situation in terms of the requirement to transfer knowledge to policymakers, stakeholders, the media and the general public across the world, with a high degree of inaccuracy and without proper context. Objective: The paper aims to describe basic characteristics influencing a digital infodemic in the Czech Republic in relation to the COVID-19 epidemic and identify means for a systematic elimination of false or misleading information. Methods: We combine the basic idea of infodemic management in a form of the information "cake" model and its four pillars into a pilot toolbox facing health misinformation in Czechia during the COVID-19 epidemic. Results: We proposed a matrix that contains three crucial groups (expert associations and entities, official government tools and media) in relation to the particular pillar of the information "cake" model. The primary objective of this matrix is to identify how the comprehensive model of infodemic management is covered in the Czech Republic and where are its main issues and gaps. Some domains are only partially covered or not covered at all. Conclusions: The Czech Republic lacks an institutionalized platform to support the fight against disinformation and erroneous interpretations. Systematic fact-checking is developed only by non- profit organizations with limited impact. An institutionalized platform under the government supervision is needed to support the systematic fight against misinformation and misinterpretation.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50802 - Media and socio-cultural communication
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/TL04000176" target="_blank" >TL04000176: Covid-19 infodemic: AI communication platform suppressing infodemic in connection with journalistic and media ethics</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Data-driven decision-making in medical education and healthcare
ISBN
978-80-280-0392-0
Number of pages of the result
18
Pages from-to
373-390
Number of pages of the book
390
Publisher name
Masaryk University
Place of publication
Brno
UT code for WoS chapter
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