Definition of Terms

Definition of Terms

Infodemic: An infodemic is too much information including false or misleading information in digital and physical environments during a disease outbreak (World Health Organization, n.d., para. 1).

Social network analysis: A research method developed primarily in sociology and communication science, focuses on patterns of relations among people and groups such as organizations and states. As the Web connects people and organizations, it can host social networks. Therefore, social network analysis has been used to study Web hyperlinks (Hansen & Himelboim, 2020).

Unique interaction: On social media, this is original content that has been posted for the first time on social media, this does not include “retweets”, “shares”, or “likes.” A unique post or interaction can include a reply to a post, an original comment, or a reshare or retweet that has been posted with additional commentary or information (Walji, 2021).