The COVID-19 Misinfodemic: Moving beyond Fact-Checking

Autor/inn/en	Chou, Wen-Ying Sylvia; Gaysynsky, Anna; Vanderpool, Robin C.
Titel	The COVID-19 Misinfodemic: Moving beyond Fact-Checking
Quelle	In: Health Education & Behavior, 48 (2021) 1, S.9-13 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Chou, Wen-Ying Sylvia) ORCID (Gaysynsky, Anna)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1090-1981
DOI	10.1177/1090198120980675
Schlagwörter	COVID-19; Pandemics; Misconceptions; Audits (Verification); Information Dissemination; Social Media; Bias; Psychological Patterns; World Views; Trust (Psychology) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Missverständnis; Informationsverbreitung; Soziale Medien; World view; Weltanschauung
Abstract	Online misinformation regarding COVID-19 has undermined public health efforts to control the novel coronavirus. To date, public health organizations' efforts to counter COVID-19 misinformation have focused on identifying and correcting false information on social media platforms. Citing extant literature in health communication and psychology, we argue that these fact-checking efforts are a necessary, but insufficient, response to health misinformation. First, research suggests that fact-checking has several important limitations and is rarely successful in fully undoing the effects of misinformation exposure. Second, there are many factors driving misinformation sharing and acceptance in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic--such as emotions, distrust, cognitive biases, racism, and xenophobia--and these factors both make individuals more vulnerable to certain types of misinformation and also make them impervious to future correction attempts. We conclude by outlining several additional measures, beyond fact-checking, that may help further mitigate the effects of misinformation in the current pandemic. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01