How to Fight Earthquake Misinformation: A Communication Guide

Editorial| June 02, 2022 How to Fight Earthquake Misinformation: A Communication Guide Laure Fallou; Laure Fallou * 1Centre Sismologique Euro‐Méditerranéen/Euro‐Mediterranean Seismological Centre, Arpajon Cedex, France *Corresponding author: laure.fallou@emsc-csem.org https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0245-6197 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Michèle Marti; Michèle Marti 2Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4997-1153 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Irina Dallo; Irina Dallo 2Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8949-514X Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Marina Corradini Marina Corradini 1Centre Sismologique Euro‐Méditerranéen/Euro‐Mediterranean Seismological Centre, Arpajon Cedex, France https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0729-4518 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Seismological Research Letters (2022) 93 (5): 2418–2422. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220220086 Article history first online: 02 Jun 2022 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share MailTo Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Laure Fallou, Michèle Marti, Irina Dallo, Marina Corradini; How to Fight Earthquake Misinformation: A Communication Guide. Seismological Research Letters 2022;; 93 (5): 2418–2422. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220220086 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search Misinformation is information that is false or misleading according to the best‐available evidence at the time and is communicated regardless of an intention to deceive (Komendantova et al., 2021). Misinformation increasingly spreads in times of crises (Zhou et al., 2021), as the COVID‐19 pandemic has recently shown us. Fake news and misinformation especially propagate when authoritative information is lacking and ambiguous information is shared, triggering fear and anxiety (Fallou et al., 2020; Peng, 2020; Zhou et al., 2021). To make matters worse, misinformation may create an atmosphere of... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.