RumorsCovid-19
Predicting the Forwarding of Online Rumors in Wuhan, China and in Israel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12898593 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yaron Ariel (0000-0002-9705-5416, corresponding author), Vered Elishar-Malka (0000-0002-2845-9628, The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College), Shuo Seah (Huazhong University of Science and Technology), Dana Weimann‐sak (0000-0003-1125-4500, The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College), G Weimann (0000-0002-5491-9210, Reichman University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 84 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 550-569 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Communication Gazette (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-0485 • E-ISSN: 1748-0493 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/17480485221074848 |
| OpenAlex | W4206232455 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 43 |
COVID-19 ushered in almost unprecedented socioeconomic and political challenges. A typical social reaction during such emergencies is rumormongering, which has intensified since the advent of social media. This study explored factors affecting users’ willingness to spread pandemic-related rumors in Wuhan, China and Israel. We tested a multi-variant model of factors affecting the forwarding of COVID-19 rumors. In an online survey conducted in April–May 2020, users of each country's leading social media platform (WeChat and WhatsApp, respectively) reported on patterns of exposure to and spread of COVID-19 rumors, as well as on their motives for doing so. Despite major differences between the two societies, interesting similarities were found: in both cases, individual drives, shaped by personal needs and degree of negative feelings, were the leading factors behind rumormongering. Exposure to additional sources of information regarding the rumors was also a significant predictor, but only in the Chinese case
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Advertising · Business · China · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Feeling · Internet privacy · Pandemic · Political science · Politics · Social media · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Computer Science · Demography · Law · Medicine · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2023 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |