Communication of uncertainty about preliminary evidence and the spread of its inferred misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic—a Weibo case study

• Main Authors: Lu, Jiahui, Zhang, Meishan, Zheng, Yan, Li, Qiyu
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Social Media; COVID-19
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/154033
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The rapid spread of preliminary scientific evidence is raising concerns on its role in producing misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research investigated how the communication of uncertainty about preliminary evidence affects the spread of its inferred misinformation in a Weibo case s...