Characterizing information leaders in Twitter during COVID-19 Pandemic

Understand

Information is key during a crisis such as the one produced by the current COVID-19 pandemic as it greatly shapes people opinion, behavior and their psychology.

• Infodemic of misinformation is an important secondary crisis associated to the pandemic.
• Infodemics can amplify the real negative consequences of the pandemic in different dimensions: social, economic and even sanitary.
• For instance, infodemics can lead to hatred between population groups that fragment the society influencing its response or result in negative habits that help the pandemic propagate.