The application of emotions, sharing motivations, and psychological distance in examining the intention to share COVID-19-related fake news

Tan, Wee-Kheng; Hsu, Chun Yu

doi:10.1108/oir-08-2021-0448

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“…Several studies have indicated that users who share systems with their families and friends are likely to continue using these systems. 86 , 87 However, in the present study, we determined that these effects are not direct; that is, users are locked in if they only experience mutual benefit.…”

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Which are the vital factors of mobile personal health records applications that promote continued usage? A perspective on technology fit and social capital

Liu

Chen

2023

DIGITAL HEALTH

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Introduction With the widespread use of mobile devices and the rapid development of mobile networks, connecting mobile personal health record (mPHR) apps to wearable devices to collect personal health data for analysis and community activities has become a trend for health promotion. Therefore, the present study aims to explore the vital factors that impact the sustained usage of mPHR apps. Objective In this study, we identified social lock-in as a major research gap in the current era of social media and the Internet. Therefore, to explore the effects of mPHR apps on continued app usage intention, we combined technology fit (individual-technology, synchronicity-technology, and task-technology fit) and social capital (structural, relational, and cognitive capital) to develop a novel study model. Methods The purpose of this research is to investigate the willingness to participate in the mPHR apps. It collected 565 valid users’ responses through the online questionnaire with a structural equation modeling approach. Results That technology and social lock-in significantly affected the willingness of users to continue using mPHR apps ( β = 0.38, P < 0.001) and that the effects of social lock-in ( β = 0.38, P < 0.001) were more pronounced than those of technology lock-in ( β = 0.22, P < 0.001). Conclusions The technology and social lock-in generated by technology fit and social capital had positive effects on continued app usage and the effects of both types of lock-in on continued app usage varied among different participant groups.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Which are the vital factors of mobile personal health records applications that promote continued usage? A perspective on technology fit and social capital

Liu

Chen

2023

DIGITAL HEALTH

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“…Individual reactions to the same situation vary by gender (Etheridge & Spantig, 2020). There is evidence that the belief in fake news is moderated by a variety of factors, including knowledge (Apuke & Omar, 2020), emotion (Tan & Hsu, 2022), and media literacy (Chen et al, 2021). However, the influence of gender differences has not been discussed in previous studies.…”

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Exploring the impact of social media exposure patterns on people’s belief in fake news during COVID-19: A cross-gender study

Mustafa

2023

ONLINE J COMMUN MEDIA TECHNOL

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During COVID-19, fake news on social media seriously threatened public health. As a solution to this problem, this study examined how social media exposure patterns affect people being deeply harmed by fake news. Based on cognitive dissonance theory, this study investigated the effect of intentional and incidental exposure on belief in fake news through the mediating role of confirmation bias. The results show that intentional exposure positively influences confirmation bias and belief in fake news. Incidental exposure is the opposite. Our results also show that intentional exposure and confirmation bias negatively influence incidental exposure. Furthermore, these relationships remain unchanged by gender. This study provides theoretical and empirical contributions to reducing people’s belief in fake news.

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“…Therefore, they assert that rather than assessing how specific emotions impact perceptions of fake news, we should evaluate how emotion in general affects belief in misinformation. Recently, Tan and Hsu (2022) examined how emotions triggered by reading false stories play a role in misinformation sharing. They showed that surprise and worry play a prominent role in driving altruistic sharing motivation after exposure to COVID-19-related misinformation about a toilet paper shortage.…”

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Employing face reading technology to study the effects of the fake news' message sidedness on consumers' emotional valence and arousal

Toder Alon,

Tahar

2023

OIR

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PurposeThis study aims to investigate how message sidedness affects the impact of fake news posted on social media on consumers' emotional responses.Design/methodology/approachThe study involves a face-tracking experiment in which 198 participants were exposed to different fake news messages concerning the COVID-19 vaccine. Specifically, participants were exposed to fake news using (1) a one-sided negative fake news message in which the message was entirely unfavorable and (2) a two-sided fake news message in which the negative message was mixed with favorable information. Noldus FaceReader 7, an automatic facial expression recognition system, was used to recognize participants' emotions as they read fake news. The authors sampled 17,450 observations of participants' emotional responses.FindingsThe results provide evidence of the significant influence of message sidedness on consumers' emotional valence and arousal. Specifically, two-sided fake news positively influences emotional valence, while one-sided fake news positively influences emotional arousal.Originality/valueThe current study demonstrates that research on fake news posted on social media may particularly benefit from insights regarding the potential but often overlooked importance of strategic design choices in fake news messages and their impact on consumers' emotional responses.

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The application of emotions, sharing motivations, and psychological distance in examining the intention to share COVID-19-related fake news

Cited by 24 publications

References 86 publications

Which are the vital factors of mobile personal health records applications that promote continued usage? A perspective on technology fit and social capital

Which are the vital factors of mobile personal health records applications that promote continued usage? A perspective on technology fit and social capital

Exploring the impact of social media exposure patterns on people’s belief in fake news during COVID-19: A cross-gender study

Employing face reading technology to study the effects of the fake news' message sidedness on consumers' emotional valence and arousal

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