What drives unverified information sharing and cyberchondria during the COVID-19 pandemic?
Laato, Samuli; Islam, Najmul; Islam, Nazrul; Whelan, Eoin (2020-06-07)
Post-print / Final draft
Laato, Samuli
Islam, Najmul
Islam, Nazrul
Whelan, Eoin
07.06.2020
European Journal of Information Systems
29
3
288-305
Taylor & Francis
School of Engineering Science
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© Operational Research Society 2019
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Julkaisun pysyvä osoite on
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2020102085767
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2020102085767
Tiivistelmä
The World Health Organisation has emphasised that misinformation – spreading rapidly through social media – poses a serious threat to the COVID-19 response. Drawing from theories of health perception and cognitive load, we develop and test a research model hypothesising why people share unverified COVID-19 information through social media. Our findings suggest a person’s trust in online information and perceived information overload are strong predictors of unverified information sharing. Furthermore, these factors, along with a person’s perceived COVID-19 severity and vulnerability influence cyberchondria. Females were significantly more likely to suffer from cyberchondria, with males more likely to share news without verifying its reliability. Our findings suggest that to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 misinformation and cyberchondria, measures should be taken to enhance a healthy scepticism of health news while simultaneously guarding against information overload.
Lähdeviite
Samuli Laato, A. K. M. Najmul Islam, Muhammad Nazrul Islam & Eoin Whelan (2020) What drives unverified information sharing and cyberchondria during the COVID-19 pandemic?, European Journal of Information Systems, 29:3, 288-305, DOI: 10.1080/0960085X.2020.1770632
Alkuperäinen verkko-osoite
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0960085X.2020.1770632Kokoelmat
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