Table 3
Proportion of social media posts about COVID-19 containing misinformation, literature review of COVID-19-related misinformation on social media, 2020
| Study reference | Type of social media studied | Total no. of tweets or posts sampled | Tweets or posts containing misinformation or jokes or both, no. (%) | No. of retweets or repostings of the tweet or post containing misinformation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mustafa et al.20 | 212 846 | 413 (0.2) | NR | |
| Kawchuk et al.14 | 1 350 | 97 (7.2) | NR | |
| Pulido Rodríguez et al.23 | 1 923 | 168 (8.7) | 2 338 | |
| Pulido et al.22 | 942 | 100 (10.6) | 59 955 | |
| Pulido Rodríguez et al.23 | 1 923 | 206 (10.7) | 232 | |
| Jimenez-Sotomayor et al.5 | 351 | 50 (14.2) | NR | |
| Kouzy et al.15 | 673 | 194a (28.8) | NR |
COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; NR: not reported.
a Of the 194 tweets, 153 were classified as misinformation and 41 were classified as humour.