Factors Predicting Willingness to Share COVID-19 Misinformation

Lobato, Emilio J. C.; Powell, Maia; Padilla, Lace; Holbrook, Colin

doi:10.31234/osf.io/r4p5z

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“…In contrast, an exploratory survey which was run to assess whether patterns of individual differences in political orientation, social dominance orientation and traditionalism may predict the willingness to share different kinds of misinformation regarding the COVID-19 pandemic online showed that liberals with a low disposition toward social dominance are specifically less willing to share conspiratorial misinformation than are conservatives with a high disposition toward social dominance, at least regarding a culturally salient scientific topic [ 57 ].…”

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Irrational Beliefs about COVID-19: A Scoping Review

Magarini

Pinelli

Sinisi

et al. 2021

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Since the emergence of the recent Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) and its spread as a pandemic, there has been a parallel spread of false and misleading information, known as an infodemic. The COVID-19 infodemic has induced distrust in scientific communities, governments, institutions and the population, and a confidence crisis that has led to harmful health behaviours, also impacting on mental health. The aim of this study is to provide a scoping review of the scientific literature about COVID-19-related misinformation and conspiracy theories, focusing on the construction of a conceptual framework which is useful for the interpretation of the conspiracy theory phenomenon surrounding COVID-19, and its consequences. Particular socio-environmental conditions (i.e., low educational level, younger age), psychological processes and attitudes (such as low levels of epistemic trust, the avoidance of uncertainty, extraversion, collective narcissism, and a conspiracy-prone mindset), and contextual factors (e.g., high levels of self-perceived risk and anxiety) seem to underpin the adherence to beliefs that are not solely the domain of paranoids and extremists but a widespread phenomenon that has caused important health, social and political consequences.

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Irrational Beliefs about COVID-19: A Scoping Review

Magarini

Pinelli

Sinisi

et al. 2021

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“…This may be associated with denialism: a predisposition to reject information from experts and official accounts of major events, and major predictor of COVID-19 conspiracy theories 20 . Similarly, general scepticism about science is correlated with a greater willingness to spread various kinds of misinformation about COVID-19, including conspiracy claims 75 . In countries with less belief in science (indexed by prevalence of climate sceptics) adherence to physical distancing measures is also lower 76 .…”

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“…States, for example, conservative individuals tend to hold stronger beliefs in COVID-19 conspiracy theories than liberals 12,20,46,79 , perceive less personal vulnerability and rate the virus as less severe 79 , potentially as reaction to criticism concerning handling of the pandemic by the Republican president at the time 46 . Conservatives are also less accurate than liberals at discerning between real and fake headlines 79 and are more willing to spread conspiracy-themed misinformation online 75 . In a sample comprising mostly Americans, political conservatism, religious orthodoxy, and conspiracist ideation was associated with less trust in science, which explained their unwillingness to adhere to safeguarding behaviours 80 .…”

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Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: a systematic review

Mulukom¹,

Pummerer²,

Alper³

et al. 2020

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COVID-19 conspiracy theories emerged almost immediately after the beginning of the pandemic, and the number of believers does not appear to decline. Believing in these theories can negatively affect adherence to safety guidelines and vaccination intentions, potentially endangering the lives of many. Thus, one part in successfully fighting the pandemic is to understand the antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs, which are here presented in a rapid review summarizing research from more than 28 countries. We evaluate the contribution of individual difference variables (demographic variables, personality traits, coping with threat and uncertainty), beliefs, biases, and attitudes (epistemically suspect beliefs, thinking styles and cognitive biases, attitudes towards science), and social factors (group identities, trust in authorities, social media) to COVID-19 conspiracy theories. We discuss the consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs in regard to safeguarding behaviours (hygiene, distancing, and mask-wearing), self-centred (hoarding) and misguided behaviours (pseudoscientific practices), vaccination intentions, mental health and negative social consequences (e.g., discrimination and violence). Differences between countries as well as various conspiracy theories are considered. Summarising, we suggest that belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories is boosted by low levels of trust in a context of threat and low levels of comprehensive, accessible information in a context of uncertainty and unknowns. We conclude that research is urgently needed to address potential interventions to (re-)establish trust and provide accessible information about COVID-19.

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“…The situation of Covid-19 put persons in isolation. Social media is the only way for spending time and reduces the chances of depression (Lobato E, Powell M., Padilla L, & Holbrook C, 2020).This research explains the role of media from the context of maintaining peace and security of people during the pandemics. It further explains the misinformation through media leads to panic and fear among people.…”

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The Impact and Role of Media for Peace and Human Security During Covid -19 Crises

Kapoor¹,

Dubey²

2020

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The main objective of the study is to investigate the impact of Covid-19 on the peace and security of the human beings. The epidemic of corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created a global crisis that has had a deep impact on our lives. Every country faces the spieling of necessities based either on focusing economic, geographical or process related reality for peace and human security. This paper discussed the Covid-19 as threat to peace and security. The paper focuses on key issues relating to the concepts of peace, human security at the time of the coronavirus pandemic, and the role of media. The issues include social media as one of the pillars which aware the society at the rural level to urban level during the pandemic and also helps to maintain peace and security in the world. The paper also presents the importance of media in the 2020 year and the associated debate regarding how the different organizations can help to overcome the covid-19 crises as well as the role of media to achieve “peace and human security globally, much-talked-about”.

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Factors Predicting Willingness to Share COVID-19 Misinformation

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Irrational Beliefs about COVID-19: A Scoping Review

Irrational Beliefs about COVID-19: A Scoping Review

Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: a systematic review

The Impact and Role of Media for Peace and Human Security During Covid -19 Crises

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