A content analysis of social media on outbreak of infodemic amidst COVID-19 pandemic.

Background: With so much content on social media platforms about COVID-19, determining which information is reliable can be a daunting task. Hence, this study is aimed to analyze various posts with regard to COVID-19 on various social media platforms for their reliability and also examined various factors that influence information reliability.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted, with 934 samples related to coronavirus pandemic published on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook using systematic random sampling.