| Title |
Rising Above Misinformation or Fake News in Africa: Another Strategy to Control COVID-19 Spread
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Communication, June 2020
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| DOI | 10.3389/fcomm.2020.00045 |
| Authors |
Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, John Elvis Hagan, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Thomas Schack |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 15 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 13% |
| Australia | 2 | 13% |
| Brazil | 1 | 7% |
| Ghana | 1 | 7% |
| Germany | 1 | 7% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 7% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 7% |
| Thailand | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 5 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 67% |
| Scientists | 2 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 13% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 172 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 172 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 21 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 12% |
| Lecturer | 14 | 8% |
| Researcher | 11 | 6% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 6% |
| Other | 34 | 20% |
| Unknown | 60 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 27 | 16% |
| Computer Science | 15 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 8% |
| Arts and Humanities | 9 | 5% |
| Psychology | 8 | 5% |
| Other | 30 | 17% |
| Unknown | 70 | 41% |
Attention Score in Context
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#578,129
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#17,971
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#5
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