论文标题
人们为什么在19009年大流行期间共享错误信息？
Why do People Share Misinformation during the COVID-19 Pandemic?
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论文摘要
世界卫生组织强调，错误信息（通过社交媒体迅速传播）对19日的反应构成了严重威胁。我们从健康感知和认知负荷的理论中得出，我们开发和测试了一个研究模型，该研究模型推测了为什么人们通过社交媒体共享未验证的Covid-19信息。我们的发现表明，一个人对在线信息的信任和感知的信息过载是未经验证的信息共享的有力预测指标。此外，这些因素，以及一个人的Covid-19严重程度和脆弱性会影响Cyberchondria。女性更有可能遭受网络节的困扰，但是，男性更有可能在没有事实检查其来源的情况下分享新闻。我们的发现表明，为了减轻Covid-19的错误信息和网络简介的传播，应采取措施来增强对健康新闻的健康怀疑，同时避免信息超负荷。
The World Health Organization have emphasised that misinformation - spreading rapidly through social media - poses a serious threat to the COVID-19 response. Drawing from theories of health perception and cognitive load, we develop and test a research model hypothesizing why people share unverified COVID-19 information through social media. Our findings suggest a person's trust in online information and perceived information overload are strong predictors of unverified information sharing. Furthermore, these factors, along with a person's perceived COVID-19 severity and vulnerability influence cyberchondria. Females were significantly more likely to suffer from cyberchondria, however, males were more likely to share news without fact checking their source. Our findings suggest that to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 misinformation and cyberchondria, measures should be taken to enhance a healthy skepticism of health news while simultaneously guarding against information overload.
