Effects of COVID-19 misinformation on information seeking, avoidance, and processing: a multicountry comparative study

• Main Authors: Kim, Hye Kyung, Ahn, Jisoo, Atkinson, Lucy, Kahlor, Lee Ann
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; COVID-19; Cross-Country Comparison
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/161814
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

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 in...