id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-267061-e3jttmab Sharma, D.C. Fighting infodemic: Need for robust health journalism in India 2020-07-25 .txt text/plain 2390 141 53 RESULTS: The article examines role of mass media in health communication in times of pandemic and the context of infodemic. 3, 4, 5 Media, according to Wallack, "can be a delivery mechanism for getting the right information to the right people in the right way at the right time to promote personal change." 6 That's why all health communication and disease prevention strategies emphasise on health messaging through mass media. In several reports, the source of information was not mentioned, while in nearly all stories journalists "ignored methodology of the research and rarely discussed design flaws." A study of coverage of H1N1 outbreak in Times of India showed that the newspaper framed H1N1 as a deadly disease and its coverage presented death in such a manner as to produce fear and panic. ./cache/cord-267061-e3jttmab.txt ./txt/cord-267061-e3jttmab.txt