Social Media News Use and COVID-19 Misinformation Engagement: Survey Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social media is widely used as a source of news and information regarding COVID-19. However, the abundance of misinformation on social media platforms has raised concerns regarding the spreading infodemic. Accordingly, many have questioned the utility and impact of social media news use on users' engagement with (mis)information.

Objective

This study offers a conceptual framework for how social media news use influences COVID-19 misinformation engagement. More specifically, we examined how news consumption on social media leads to COVID-19 misinformation sharing by inducing belief in such misinformation. We further explored if the effects of social media news use on COVID-19 misinformation engagement depend on individual differences in cognition and personality tr

SUBMITTER: Ahmed S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9533200 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature