COVID-19 Information consumption and dissemination: A study of online social network VKontakte

In the context of the Coronavirus pandemic, it is crucial to analyze society's reaction to the information agenda related to the pandemic. This study examines news produced and broadcast by socially significant sources of information (in particular, accounts of news agencies, magazines, and newspapers) on the online social network VKontakte and Vkontakte users’ consumption of these sources’ news.