TY - JOUR
T1 - Fake News
T2 - Medicines Misinformation by the Media
AU - Thomas, Jackson
AU - Peterson, Gregory M.
AU - Walker, Erin
AU - Christenson, Julia K
AU - Cowley, Melissa
AU - Kosari, Sam
AU - Baby, Kavya E.
AU - Naunton, Mark
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Mainstream broadcasting media is a potentially powerful avenue for disseminating wellness education. For example, it can be used for community-based risk management, including preparing for pandemic events. The media can have a considerable positive impact on the public by increasing their health knowledge, changing attitudes and intentions, and influencing health behavior. However, although the broadcasting media can usefully convey prosocial, healthy messages, there is also a risk of propagating incorrect and antisocial, poor public health information.
AB - Mainstream broadcasting media is a potentially powerful avenue for disseminating wellness education. For example, it can be used for community-based risk management, including preparing for pandemic events. The media can have a considerable positive impact on the public by increasing their health knowledge, changing attitudes and intentions, and influencing health behavior. However, although the broadcasting media can usefully convey prosocial, healthy messages, there is also a risk of propagating incorrect and antisocial, poor public health information.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85053481866&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.mendeley.com/research/fake-news-medicines-misinformation-media
U2 - 10.1002/cpt.1199
DO - 10.1002/cpt.1199
M3 - Comment/debate
AN - SCOPUS:85053481866
SN - 0009-9236
VL - 104
SP - 1059
EP - 1061
JO - Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
JF - Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
IS - 6
ER -
