Analyzing medical personnel’s perceptions of online health rumors

• Main Author: Soon, Jeremy Jia Qi
• Other Authors: Alton Chua
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Medicine
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/72626
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The internet is a hotbed for health rumors which are easily accessible to the public. Rumors are information without verifiable evidence. They can influence public behavior depending on how people perceive them. Prior research has examined perceptions of rumors in terms of intention to trust and...