| Autor: |
Zulma Valedon Westney, Inkyoung Hur, Ling Wang, Junping Sun |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
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| Zdroj: |
Information Technology & People. |
| ISSN: |
0959-3845 |
| DOI: |
10.1108/itp-05-2022-0410 |
| Popis: |
PurposeDisinformation on social media is a serious issue. This study examines the effects of disinformation on COVID-19 vaccination decision-making to understand how social media users make healthcare decisions when disinformation is presented in their social media feeds. It examines trust in post owners as a moderator on the relationship between information types (i.e. disinformation and factual information) and vaccination decision-making.Design/methodology/approachThis study conducts a scenario-based web survey experiment to collect extensive survey data from social media users.FindingsThis study reveals that information types differently affect social media users' COVID-19 vaccination decision-making and finds a moderating effect of trust in post owners on the relationship between information types and vaccination decision-making. For those who have a high degree of trust in post owners, the effect of information types on vaccination decision-making becomes large. In contrast, information types do not affect the decision-making of those who have a very low degree of trust in post owners. Besides, identification and compliance are found to affect trust in post owners.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature on online disinformation and individual healthcare decision-making by demonstrating the effect of disinformation on vaccination decision-making and providing empirical evidence on how trust in post owners impacts the effects of information types on vaccination decision-making. This study focuses on trust in post owners, unlike prior studies that focus on trust in information or social media platforms. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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