infodemic

Greek translation: πληροφοριοδημία, πληροφοριακή πανδημία

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English term or phrase:	infodemic
Greek translation:	πληροφοριοδημία, πληροφοριακή πανδημία
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12:55 Apr 12, 2020

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COVID-19 - Journalism
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English term or phrase: infodemic

Definition from Wiktionary:
(n. informal) An excessive amount of information concerning a problem such that the solution is made more difficult.

Example sentence(s):

The 2019-nCoV outbreak and response has been accompanied by a massive ‘infodemic’ - an over-abundance of information – some accurate and some not – that makes it hard for people to find trustworthy sources and reliable guidance when they need it. World Health Organization
As information on the virus deluges traditional and social media, the WHO warns that societies around the world are facing an “infodemic”—an “overabundance” of information that makes it difficult for people to identify truthful and trustworthy sources from false or misleading ones. Atlantic Council
The part of his speech that made me sit up, though, was this: “We’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic. Fake news spreads faster and more easily than this virus, and is just as dangerous.” The Guardian

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πληροφοριοδημία

Definition:
υπεραφθονία πληροφοριών, ακριβών και ψευδών, σχετικά με κάποιο πρόβλημα, η οποία «δυσκολεύει τους ανθρώπους να βρουν αξιόπιστες πηγές και αξιόπιστη καθοδήγηση όταν χρειάζονται»

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πληροφοριοδημία

Definition from Βικιπαίδεια:
υπεραφθονία πληροφοριών, ακριβών και ψευδών, σχετικά με κάποιο πρόβλημα, η οποία «δυσκολεύει τους ανθρώπους να βρουν αξιόπιστες πηγές και αξιόπιστη καθοδήγηση όταν χρειάζονται»

Example sentence(s):

Η διαρροή ανακριβών πληροφοριών είναι μάλιστα τόσο μεγάλη, που ο Παγκόσμιος Οργανισμός Υγείας κάνει λόγο για... «πληροφοριοδημία» («infodemic»). - cnn.gr
Παραπληροφόρηση που διαδόθηκε κυρίως στο διαδίκτυο σχετικά με τον κορονοϊό, οδήγησε την ΠΟΥ να κηρύξει «πληροφοριοδημία» (αγγλικά: infodemic) στις 2 Φεβρουαρίου. - Βικιπαίδεια

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