An interesting study introducing the aspects of hope, confusion and anxiety as important elements for strategies that wish to tackle misinformation, especially within the health sector. in other words, adding the human/emotional perspective when building systems that wish to tackle misinformation, an invitation for holistic strategies that tackle both core science and behavior. .
Title
Think before you Share: Beliefs and emotions that shaped COVID-19 (Mis)information vetting and sharing intentions among WhatsApp users in the United Kingdom
Summary
َAuthor
Lu, Xuerong ; Vijaykumar, Santosh ; Jin, Yan ; Rogerson, Daniel
Year
2022
َThematic Area
Psychology
Topic
Social Media and engagement behavior
Country
Australia
Region
Europe
Misinformation Combatting
Combatting Strategies
Place Published
AMSTERDAM
Publisher
Elsevier
Journal
Telematics and Informatics
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2021.101750
URL
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2021.101750
APA 7th End Text Citation
Lu, X., Vijaykumar, S., Jin, Y., & Rogerson, D. (2022). Think before you Share: Beliefs and emotions that shaped COVID-19 (Mis)information vetting and sharing intentions among WhatsApp users in the United Kingdom. Telematics and Informatics, 67, 101750–. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tele.2021.101750