Effects of COVID-19 Misinformation on Information Seeking, Avoidance, and Processing: A Multicountry Comparative Study
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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.
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With regards to COVID-19, misinformation has been shown to lead to information avoidance and less systematic processing of COVID-19 information.
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The Results (Indirect Effects of Misinformation; page unavailable) report that misinformation exposure was directly associated with greater information avoidance and less systematic processing. The Discussion likewise says exposed individuals were more likely to avoid information and process it less systematically. Because the study is based on a survey, these findings support an association, but not the claim that misinformation was shown to cause those behaviors. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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- Authors
- Kim, H. K., Ahn, J., Atkinson, L., & Kahlor, L. A.
- Affiliations
- Nanyang Technological University (SG)
- Hallym University (KR)
- The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kim, Hye Kyung
- Venue
- Science Communication
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2020-09-13
- Volume
- 42
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 586-615
- ISSN
- 0164-0259 (ISSN-L)
- 1075-5470
- 1552-8545
- PMC
- PMC7492825
- OpenAlex
- W3086361638
- Cited by
- 313
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
- 2026: 22 · 2025: 33 · 2024: 43 · 2023: 71 · 2022: 93 · 2021: 45 · 2020: 5
- FWCI
- 71.69
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Locations
- Science Communication (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- DR-NTU (Nanyang Technological University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- ministry of education - singapore (Academic Research Fund Tier 1)
- national research foundation of korea (NRF-2018S1A3A2074932)
- Ministry of Education of the Republic of Korea
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Misinformation and Its Impacts
- Social Sciences › Communication › Communication and COVID-19 Impact
- Social Sciences › Communication › Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Keywords
- COVID-19 misinformation, information seeking, information avoidance, heuristic processing, systematic processing, information insufficiency, cross-cultural comparison, pandemic response, United States, South Korea, Singapore
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