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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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Metadata
- 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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