Health alert: elderly at risk from social media misinformation

Ali Amrollahi
Yvette Blount
Alexandra Bhatti

Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance

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Elderly Australians are particularly vulnerable at the time of COVID-19. Isolation and a need for accurate information has them turning to social media for answers, often with disastrous results, researchers from Macquarie University explain.

Period	9 Nov 2020

Media contributions

Title	Health alert: elderly at risk from social media misinformation
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	The Lighthouse
Media type	Web
Country/Territory	Australia
Date	9/11/20
Producer/Author	Michael Yiannakis
URL	https://lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/october-2020/Health-alert-elderly-at-risk-from-social-media-misinformation
Persons	Ali Amrollahi, Yvette Blount, Alexandra Bhatti

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