The COVID-19 crisis has revealed structural failures in governance and coordination on a global scale. With related policy interventions dependent on verifiable evidence, pandemics require governments to not only consider the input of experts but also ensure that science is translated for public understanding. We introduce a formal mathematical model to understand factors influencing the behavior of social media users when encountering fake news.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11077-020-09405-z

Hartley, Kris and Vu, Minh Khuong. (2020). “Fighting fake news in the Covid-19 era: policy insights from an equilibrium model.” Policy Sciences, 53(4).