Media methods in the Ministry of Health to confront false news about the Corona pandemic in Iraq (Ministry of Health Facebook page as an example)

The study sought to identify the media methods on the Iraqi Ministry of Health’s page on the social networking site (Facebook) to confront false news about the Corona pandemic, as well as to know the solicitation, active personalities and the most commonly used journalistic arts that the Ministry of Health media resorted to to confront the danger of false news through Awareness of the public and the refutation of that news, and the main question of the study is, what are the media methods on the Iraqi Ministry of Health page to confront false news about the Corona pandemic, and to answer this question, the content analysis tool was used to analyze the study sample page for the period from 1-4-2021 to 31 –7-2021, where the researcher sees it as the most suitable period for the study, and the study came out with several results, the most important of which were: The Iraqi Ministry of Health relied on the methods of awareness and enticement in the process of confronting false news about the Corona pandemic, and the use of mental intimidation, intimidation, and emotional in the face of false news, As well as relying on the directors of health departments, hospitals, sectors and health centers first, and the Minister of Health second, in the process of refuting false news, as I found The study that press news, video statements and photos are the most used journalistic arts in the process of confronting fake news about the Corona pandemic.