The Role of Social Media During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Narrative Review

Mahsa Dalili Shoaei, Meisam Dastani
2021 Health Technology Assessment in Action  
In late 2019, the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in Wuhan, China, and rapidly spread around the world. Due to this incident, the use of social networks has increased among people. The present narrative review aimed to investigate the studies conducted on the subject of social media and COVID-19 in the Web of Science database. The investigations show that social media has been used to share viewpoints, health care, and distance learning during the COVID-19 crisis. Therefore, using social
more » ... ia can be a valuable means for the governments and experts to prevent the spread of this epidemic and even in similar future crises.
doi:10.18502/htaa.v4i1.5865 fatcat:qzu3t4zipzfi3mwcfp4ag2vke4