University Students' Ability to Assess Misinformation About COVID-19.
| Autor: | Yulong Gu, Kalibatseva, Zornitsa, Xu Song, Prakash, Sreelekha |
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PSYCHOLOGY of college students
HEALTH occupations students PRACTICAL politics INTERNET CONFERENCES & conventions INFORMATION literacy UNDERGRADUATES EDUCATIONAL tests & measurements HEALTH INFORMATION resources UNIVERSITIES & colleges DESCRIPTIVE statistics CHI-squared test MISINFORMATION INFORMATION-seeking behavior DATA analysis software COVID-19 pandemic WORLD Wide Web COMPUTER literacy |
| Zdroj: | Medinfo; 2021, Vol. 290, p1124-1125, 2p |
| Abstrakt: | In a university student survey on COVID-19 information assessment, 66% participants identified the falsehood of all misinformation statements and 66% provided web page URLs that are adequate in supporting statement accuracy assessment. The most cited web resources were government websites (43%) and media reports (30%). Those who identified misinformation falsehood were more likely to have higher GPA and liberal-leaning political views, and to implement evidence- based COVID prevention measures including mask-wearing and not self-medicating on (hydroxy-)chloroquine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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