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The impact of information sources on COVID-19 knowledge accumulation and vaccination intention
During a global health crisis, people are exposed to vast amounts of information from a variety of sources. Here, we assessed which information source could increase knowledge about COVID-19 (Study 1) and COVID-19 vaccines (Study 2). In Study 1, a US census matched sample of 1060 participants rated...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8751473/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35036519 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41060-021-00307-8 |
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description | During a global health crisis, people are exposed to vast amounts of information from a variety of sources. Here, we assessed which information source could increase knowledge about COVID-19 (Study 1) and COVID-19 vaccines (Study 2). In Study 1, a US census matched sample of 1060 participants rated the accuracy of a set of statements and then were randomly assigned to one of 10 between-subjects conditions of varying sources providing belief-relevant information: a political leader (Trump/Biden), a health authority (Fauci/CDC), an anecdote (Democrat/Republican), a large group of prior participants (Democrats/Republicans/Generic), or no source (Control). Finally, they rated the accuracy of the initial set of statements again. Study 2 involved a replication with a sample of 1876 participants and focused on the COVID-19 vaccine. We found that knowledge increased most when the source of information was a generic group of people, irrespective of participants’ political affiliation. We also found that while expert communications were most successful at increasing Democrats’ vaccination intentions, no source was successful at increasing Republicans’ vaccination intention. We discuss these findings in the context of the current misinformation epidemic. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s41060-021-00307-8. |
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spelling | pubmed-87514732022-01-11 The impact of information sources on COVID-19 knowledge accumulation and vaccination intention Vlasceanu, Madalina Coman, Alin Int J Data Sci Anal Regular Paper During a global health crisis, people are exposed to vast amounts of information from a variety of sources. Here, we assessed which information source could increase knowledge about COVID-19 (Study 1) and COVID-19 vaccines (Study 2). In Study 1, a US census matched sample of 1060 participants rated the accuracy of a set of statements and then were randomly assigned to one of 10 between-subjects conditions of varying sources providing belief-relevant information: a political leader (Trump/Biden), a health authority (Fauci/CDC), an anecdote (Democrat/Republican), a large group of prior participants (Democrats/Republicans/Generic), or no source (Control). Finally, they rated the accuracy of the initial set of statements again. Study 2 involved a replication with a sample of 1876 participants and focused on the COVID-19 vaccine. We found that knowledge increased most when the source of information was a generic group of people, irrespective of participants’ political affiliation. We also found that while expert communications were most successful at increasing Democrats’ vaccination intentions, no source was successful at increasing Republicans’ vaccination intention. We discuss these findings in the context of the current misinformation epidemic. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s41060-021-00307-8. Springer International Publishing 2022-01-11 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8751473/ /pubmed/35036519 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41060-021-00307-8 Text en © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic. |
spellingShingle | Regular Paper Vlasceanu, Madalina Coman, Alin The impact of information sources on COVID-19 knowledge accumulation and vaccination intention |
title | The impact of information sources on COVID-19 knowledge accumulation and vaccination intention |
title_full | The impact of information sources on COVID-19 knowledge accumulation and vaccination intention |
title_fullStr | The impact of information sources on COVID-19 knowledge accumulation and vaccination intention |
title_full_unstemmed | The impact of information sources on COVID-19 knowledge accumulation and vaccination intention |
title_short | The impact of information sources on COVID-19 knowledge accumulation and vaccination intention |
title_sort | impact of information sources on covid-19 knowledge accumulation and vaccination intention |
topic | Regular Paper |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8751473/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35036519 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41060-021-00307-8 |
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