- False information is more tweeted but less retweeted than science-based evidence or fact-checking tweets
- The sample contained more accurate and science-based information than false information, with true information being 5 times more likely to be posted
- 92% of the tweets contained ambiguous and false information
- 2% of the tweets were specifically written to debunk false information; 13,000 times more likely to be retweeted than tweeted 
- 9% of the tweets contained scientific evidence; 3000 times more likely to be retweeted than to be tweeted  

COVID-19 infodemic: More retweets for science-based information on coronavirus than for false information results on false information

- Science-based evidence and fact-checking tweets capture more engagement than merely facts
- Tweets containing true information were 10 times more likely to be retweeted than tweets containing false information 
- Tweets disseminating information for the purposes of fact-checking and containing information supported by evidence had more retweets than tweets that simply presented factual information

COVID-19 infodemic: More retweets for science-based information on coronavirus than for false information results on scientific information

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

- The sample of tweets obtained in this study contained twice as many tweets containing false information, indicated that there is a larger proportion of misinformation on Twitter than factual information
- While false information may be tweeted more frequently, they do not get retweeted as much as tweets containing true information
- Within the population of tweets containing true information, tweets that also had scientific evidence and fact-checking purposes were more likely to be retweeted than tweets in any other of the 7 categories
- Could be explained with the fact that the scientific community is more likely going to respond and post scientific information to debunk false information being spread on social media

COVID-19 infodemic: More retweets for science-based information on coronavirus than for false information findings

Pulido, C. M., Villarejo-Carballido, B., Redondo-Sama, G., & Gómez, A. (2020). COVID-19 infodemic: More retweets for science-based information on coronavirus than for false information. International Sociology, 35(4), 377-392. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0268580920914755?casa_token=IG-CmhJH_9kAAAAA%3AzoDioyG9jfM7EeZOC6owMzR5m_RbOPC3AnKko0EReNN9AI9dHo6ykibO-7p3yiK_ZS32OmNOYDiRpw

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