Virtual Conference Brings Together Global Experts to Tackle COVID-19 “Infodemic”
Health behavior experts come together to put forth an agenda that uses social media to solve public health problems
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The COVID-19 pandemic that seized the world last year created an unprecedented global health crisis. The pandemic was accompanied by an “infodemic” in which misinformation about the virus and, more recently, COVID-19 vaccines, have run rampant on social media.
Given this dual challenge of the pandemic and misinformation about it, the UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media is hosting its fifth annual conference on the topic of COVID-19 misinformation. The entirely virtual conference will take place on May 13-14.
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The reliance on Zoom for work and school during the COVID-19 pandemic could be exacerbating serious psychological issues, experts say.
Specifically, Sherry Pagoto is concerned about people who suffer from body dysmorphic disorder, or BDD.
“One of the characteristics of people with BDD is that they do spend a lot of time looking in the mirror, and it s a source of a lot of anxiety,” said Pagoto, a psychologist and director of the University of Connecticut’s Center for Health and Social Media. “To the extent that Zoom has become an all-day mirror, I don t think that s a great mix.”