Is Social Media Spreading Misinformation on Exercise and Health in Brazil?
| العنوان: | Is Social Media Spreading Misinformation on Exercise and Health in Brazil? |
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| المؤلفون: | Anderson Meireles, Hiago L. R. de Souza, Moacir Marocolo, Rhaí André Arriel, Dustin J. Oranchuk, Laura Hora Rios Leite, Gustavo Ribeiro da Mota |
| المصدر: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11914, p 11914 (2021) International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume 18 Issue 22 |
| بيانات النشر: | MDPI AG, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | medicine.medical_specialty, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, media_common.quotation_subject, Physical fitness, Article, medicine, Humans, Social media, Quality (business), Misinformation, Exercise, media_common, business.industry, Communication, Public health, public health, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Influencer marketing, fitness, nutrition, fitspiration, Instagram, Medicine, Health information, business, Psychology, Social Media, Inclusion (education), Social psychology, Brazil |
| الوصف: | Instagram (IG) reaches millions of people, sharing personal content and all kinds of information, including those related to exercise and health. However, the scientific quality of the posted information is questionable. Thus, this study aimed to analyze whether exercise and health information posted by popular Brazilian IG influencers has technical-scientific accuracy. A personal IG account was created to identify Brazilian IG profiles. The inclusion criteria of the accounts were: (1) having 50% of all the shared posts related to topics about exercise and health, such as nutrition, health and wellness, medicine, or physical fitness and (2) having over 100,000 followers. Qualitative analysis revealed a low quality percentage (38.79 ± 25.43%) for all analyzed posts. Out of all the posts, only 13 (~2.7%) cited a reference endorsing the information. Moreover, the higher quality-ratio score of the posts was not directly associated with the higher educational qualification of the influencers (r = 0.313 p = 0.076). Nevertheless, the number of followers was inversely correlated with the educational qualification of the influencers (r = −0.450 p = 0.009), but not with the quality-ratio score of the posts (r = −0.178 p = 0.322). We conclude that prominent Brazilian IG influencers disseminate low-quality information about exercise and health, contributing to the wide-spreading of misinformation to millions of followers. |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 1661-7827 1660-4601 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::8cfdbd4ac7f0cc1ea61d782e9c9becdf https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/11914 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....8cfdbd4ac7f0cc1ea61d782e9c9becdf |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 16617827 16604601 |
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