TY - CHAP
T1 - Conséquences of exposure to misinformation
T2 - Negative emotions and biased risk perception
AU - Lo, Ven Hwei
AU - Zhang, Grace Xiao
AU - Lu, Miao
PY - 2023/9/8
Y1 - 2023/9/8
N2 - This chapter explores the consequences of exposure to debunked yet popularly circulated COVID-19 misinformation on social media in the four studied cities. Specifically, it investigates how encountering the misinformation elicits respondents’ negative emotions (e.g., anger and anxiety) and influences their risk perception for both themselves and others. Findings show that the greater the levels of exposure to, sharing of, and elaboration of misinformation, the stronger the negative emotions and biased perception of others as being influenced by the misinformation. Thinking about the harmful consequences of misinformation pushed the level of anger, anxiety, annoyance, and worry to a higher notch. Beijing respondents who were exposed to COVID-19 misinformation the most reported the highest level of negative emotions and biased perception, followed by those from Singapore, Taipei, and Hong Kong.
AB - This chapter explores the consequences of exposure to debunked yet popularly circulated COVID-19 misinformation on social media in the four studied cities. Specifically, it investigates how encountering the misinformation elicits respondents’ negative emotions (e.g., anger and anxiety) and influences their risk perception for both themselves and others. Findings show that the greater the levels of exposure to, sharing of, and elaboration of misinformation, the stronger the negative emotions and biased perception of others as being influenced by the misinformation. Thinking about the harmful consequences of misinformation pushed the level of anger, anxiety, annoyance, and worry to a higher notch. Beijing respondents who were exposed to COVID-19 misinformation the most reported the highest level of negative emotions and biased perception, followed by those from Singapore, Taipei, and Hong Kong.
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UR - https://www.routledge.com/Miscommunicating-the-COVID-19-Pandemic-An-Asian-Perspective/Dong-Huang-Huang-Liang-Lo-Wang-Wei/p/book/9781032408880?_gl=1*1rnmkne*_gcl_au*NjQ0MDE0Njg2LjE3NDA1NjA1NjM.*_ga*NTg4MjM2NzYzLjE3NDA1NjA1NjI.*_ga_0HYE8YG0M6*MTc0MTE2Mzc3MS40LjEuMTc0MTE2NDg5My4xNy4wLjA.
U2 - 10.4324/9781003355984-6
DO - 10.4324/9781003355984-6
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85169342450
SN - 9781032410470
SN - 9781032408880
T3 - Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies
SP - 89
EP - 110
BT - Miscommunicating the COVID-19 Pandemic
A2 - Wei, Ran
A2 - Dong, Dong
A2 - Huang, Guanxiong
A2 - Huang, Yi-Hui Christine
A2 - Liang, Hai
A2 - Lo, Ven-hwei
A2 - Wang, Sibo
PB - Routledge
ER -
