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The importance of information quality in acquiring health information on social media during COVID-19: 106 the case of young adults in Klang Valley / Fatin Nurliyana Mior Yusoff and Azman Mat Isa

The emergence of COVID-19 has heightened global interest in health information. The public is increasingly reliant on social media platforms for acquiring and exchanging various sorts of information. With the growth of health information hoaxes, particularly during the epidemic, Malaysians who activ...

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Main Authors: Mior Yusoff, Fatin Nurliyana, Mat Isa, Azman
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Information Management 2022
Subjects:
Social networks
Online social networks
Research. Information retrieval. Information behavior. Information literacy
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spelling my.uitm.ir.709372022-12-01T06:43:27Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/70937/ The importance of information quality in acquiring health information on social media during COVID-19: 106 the case of young adults in Klang Valley / Fatin Nurliyana Mior Yusoff and Azman Mat Isa Mior Yusoff, Fatin Nurliyana Mat Isa, Azman Social networks Online social networks Research. Information retrieval. Information behavior. Information literacy The emergence of COVID-19 has heightened global interest in health information. The public is increasingly reliant on social media platforms for acquiring and exchanging various sorts of information. With the growth of health information hoaxes, particularly during the epidemic, Malaysians who actively seek health information on social media would be at risk. The inability of certain people to critically evaluate the contents of COVID-19 resulted in their disseminating misleading information. With the rising interest in health information and social media, it is interesting to investigate the importance of health information acquisition on social media during COVID-19 among young adults. Faculty of Information Management 2022-11 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/70937/1/70937.pdf The importance of information quality in acquiring health information on social media during COVID-19: 106 the case of young adults in Klang Valley / Fatin Nurliyana Mior Yusoff and Azman Mat Isa. (2022) Journal of Information and Knowledge Management (JIKM), 1. pp. 106-115. ISSN ISSN:2231-8836 ; E-ISSN:2289-5337 http://ijikm.uitm.edu.my/
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topic Social networks
Online social networks
Research. Information retrieval. Information behavior. Information literacy
spellingShingle Social networks
Online social networks
Research. Information retrieval. Information behavior. Information literacy
Mior Yusoff, Fatin Nurliyana
Mat Isa, Azman
The importance of information quality in acquiring health information on social media during COVID-19: 106 the case of young adults in Klang Valley / Fatin Nurliyana Mior Yusoff and Azman Mat Isa
description The emergence of COVID-19 has heightened global interest in health information. The public is increasingly reliant on social media platforms for acquiring and exchanging various sorts of information. With the growth of health information hoaxes, particularly during the epidemic, Malaysians who actively seek health information on social media would be at risk. The inability of certain people to critically evaluate the contents of COVID-19 resulted in their disseminating misleading information. With the rising interest in health information and social media, it is interesting to investigate the importance of health information acquisition on social media during COVID-19 among young adults.
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author Mior Yusoff, Fatin Nurliyana
Mat Isa, Azman
author_facet Mior Yusoff, Fatin Nurliyana
Mat Isa, Azman
author_sort Mior Yusoff, Fatin Nurliyana
title The importance of information quality in acquiring health information on social media during COVID-19: 106 the case of young adults in Klang Valley / Fatin Nurliyana Mior Yusoff and Azman Mat Isa
title_short The importance of information quality in acquiring health information on social media during COVID-19: 106 the case of young adults in Klang Valley / Fatin Nurliyana Mior Yusoff and Azman Mat Isa
title_full The importance of information quality in acquiring health information on social media during COVID-19: 106 the case of young adults in Klang Valley / Fatin Nurliyana Mior Yusoff and Azman Mat Isa
title_fullStr The importance of information quality in acquiring health information on social media during COVID-19: 106 the case of young adults in Klang Valley / Fatin Nurliyana Mior Yusoff and Azman Mat Isa
title_full_unstemmed The importance of information quality in acquiring health information on social media during COVID-19: 106 the case of young adults in Klang Valley / Fatin Nurliyana Mior Yusoff and Azman Mat Isa
title_sort importance of information quality in acquiring health information on social media during covid-19: 106 the case of young adults in klang valley / fatin nurliyana mior yusoff and azman mat isa
publisher Faculty of Information Management
publishDate 2022
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/70937/1/70937.pdf
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