Effects of COVID-19 Misinformation on Information Seeking, Avoidance, and Processing: A Multicountry Comparative Study

By Hye Kyung Kim, Jisoo Ahn, Lucy Atkinson, LeeAnn Kahlor. Science communication, 2020

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We examined the implications of exposure to misinformation about COVID-19 in the United States, South Korea, and Singapore in the early stages of the global pandemic. The online survey results showed that misinformation exposure reduced information insufficiency, which subsequently led to greater information avoidance and heuristic processing, as well as less systematic processing of COVID-19 information. Indirect effects differ by country and were stronger in the U.S. sample than in the Singapore sample. This study highlights negative consequences of misinformation during a global pandemic and addresses possible cultural and situational differences in how people interpret and respond to misinformation.

Subfields: Health, Sociology and Political Science

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• Correction Experiences on Social Media During COVID-19 (2021, background): “…has been documented on a number of topics, including official governmental and medical organization actions, how the virus spreads, ways to prevent or treat infection (including vaccines), and the virus’ origins (Brennen et al., 2020, 2021; Enders et al., 2020; H. K. Kim et al., 2020).”