Health Misinformation on Social Media: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Directions

Authors

Yang-Jun Li, City University of Hong KongFollow
Jens Joachim Marga, Hong Kong Baptist UniversityFollow
Christy M.K Cheung, Hong Kong Baptist UniversityFollow
Xiao-Liang Shen, Wuhan UniversityFollow
Matthew Lee, Department of Information Systems, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong.Follow

Abstract

Health misinformation on social media is an emerging public concern as the COVID-19 infodemic tragically evidences. Key challenges that empower health misinformation’s spread include rapidly advancing social technologies and high social media usage penetration. However, research on health misinformation on social media lacks cohesion and has received limited attention from information systems (IS) researchers. Given this issue’s importance and relevance to the IS discipline, we summarize the current state of research on this emerging topic and identify research gaps together with meaningful research questions. Following a two-step literature search, we identify and analyze 101 papers. Drawing on the Shannon-Weaver communication model, we propose an integrative stage-based framework of health misinformation on social media. Based on literature analysis, we identify research opportunities and prescribe directions for future research on health misinformation on social media.

DOI

10.17705/1thci.00164

Recommended Citation

Li, Y., Marga, J. J., Cheung, C. M., Shen, X., & Lee, M. (2022). Health Misinformation on Social Media: A Systematic Literature Review and Future Research Directions. AIS Transactions on Human-Computer Interaction, 14(2), 116-149. https://doi.org/10.17705/1thci.00164
DOI: 10.17705/1thci.00164