Browsing Mathematics (Faculty of) by Author "Ghenai, Amira"
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Health Misinformation in Search and Social Media
Ghenai, Amira (University of Waterloo, 2019-11-28)People increasingly rely on the Internet in order to search for and share health-related information. Indeed, searching for and sharing information about medical treatments are among the most frequent uses of online data. ... -
The Positive and Negative Influence of Search Results on People's Decisions about the Efficacy of Medical Treatments
Pogacar, Frances A.; Ghenai, Amira; Smucker, Mark; Clarke, Charles L. A. (ACM, 2017-10-01)People regularly use web search engines to investigate the efficacy of medical treatments. Search results can contain documents that present incorrect information that contradicts current established medical understanding ...