Can you be Mindful? The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Driven Interventions in Enhancing the Digital Resilience to Fake News on COVID-19.

Autor: Rodrigo P; Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, City Campus East 1, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST UK., Arakpogun EO; Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, City Campus East 1, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST UK., Vu MC; Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, City Campus East 1, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST UK., Olan F; Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, City Campus East 1, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST UK., Djafarova E; Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, City Campus East 1, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8ST UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Information systems frontiers : a journal of research and innovation [Inf Syst Front] 2022 Mar 02, pp. 1-21. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 02.
DOI: 10.1007/s10796-022-10258-5
Abstrakt: This study explores the factors that influence the dissemination process of and public susceptibility to fake news amidst COVID-19. By adopting a qualitative approach that draws on 21 interviews with social media users from the standpoint of source credibility and construal level theories, our findings highlight motives of news sharers, platform features, and source credibility/relatedness as major factors influencing the dissemination of and public susceptibility to fake news. The paper further argues that public susceptibility to fake news can be mitigated by building an integrated approach that combines a tripartite strategy from an individual, institutional and platform level. For example, educating the public on digital resilience and enhancing awareness around source credibility can help individuals and institutions reflect on news authenticity and report fake news where possible. This study contributes to fake news literature by integrating concepts from information management, consumer behaviour, influencer marketing and mindfulness to propose a model to help authorities identify and understand the key factors that influence susceptibility to fake news during a public crisis such as COVID-19.
Competing Interests: Conflicts of InterestAuthors have no conflict of interests to declare.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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