Belief in COVID-19 Misinformation: Hopeful Claims Are Rated as Truer

Autor/inn/en	Stone, Alexandria R.; Marsh, Elizabeth J.
Titel	Belief in COVID-19 Misinformation: Hopeful Claims Are Rated as Truer
Quelle	In: Applied Cognitive Psychology, 37 (2023) 2, S.399-408 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Stone, Alexandria R.) ORCID (Marsh, Elizabeth J.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0888-4080
DOI	10.1002/acp.4042
Schlagwörter	Beliefs; COVID-19; Pandemics; Misinformation; Psychological Patterns; Ethics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Belief; Glaube; Ethik
Abstract	Misinformation surrounding COVID-19 spread rapidly and widely, posing a significant threat to public health. Here, we examined whether some types of misinformation are more believable than others, to the extent that they offer people hope in uncertain times. An initial group of subjects rated a series of COVID-19 misinformation statements for whether each made them feel more or less hopeful (if true). Based on these ratings, we selected two sets of misinformation that differed in their average rated hopefulness; the two sets did not differ in word length or reading ease. In two studies, people rated their belief in each statement. Results from both studies revealed that people rated the more hopeful misinformation (e.g., COVID cures and prevention methods) as truer than less hopeful misinformation (e.g., transmission vectors). These findings are consistent with a motivated reasoning account of misinformation acceptance. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01