the role of social media during the covid-19 crisis: a narrative review

In late 2019, the epidemic of covid-19 (coronavirus 2019) appeared in wuhan, china, and rapidly spread around the world. due to this situation, the use of social networks has increased among people. the present study is a narrative review to review studies conducted on the subject of social media and covid-19 in the web of science database. the investigations show that social media has been used to share viewpoints, health care, and distance learning during the covid-19 crisis. therefore, governments and experts can use the useful experiences of the application of social media in the spread of the covid-19 crisis and employ social media to prevent the spread of this epidemic and even in similar future crises.