Misinformation about COVID-19: Psychological Insights
| dc.contributor.author | Anastasiades, Elly | |
| dc.contributor.author | Argyrides, Marios | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mousoulidou, Marilena | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-01-12T08:44:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-01-12T08:44:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2673-8392 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11728/12076 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Definition: While the precise conceptualization of the term misinformation remains a subject of debate, the current entry defines misinformation as any type of information which is misleading or false, regardless of intent. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen the rapid and widespread sharing of misinformation on a global scale, which has had detrimental effects on containment efforts and public health. This entry offers psychological insights to better our understanding of what makes people susceptible to believing and sharing misinformation and how this can inform interventions aimed at tackling the issue. | en_UK |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_UK |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | en_UK |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Encyclopedia 2021;1, pp. 1200–1214 | |
| dc.rights | © 2021 by the authors | en_UK |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en_UK |
| dc.subject | Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Psychology | en_UK |
| dc.subject | misinformation | en_UK |
| dc.subject | fake news | en_UK |
| dc.subject | social media | en_UK |
| dc.subject | COVID-19 | en_UK |
| dc.subject | social cognition | en_UK |
| dc.subject | public health | en_UK |
| dc.title | Misinformation about COVID-19: Psychological Insights | en_UK |
| dc.type | Article | en_UK |
| dc.doi | 10.3390/encyclopedia1040091 | en_UK |
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