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2022-06-10Zeitschriftenartikel
Misinformation in Germany During the Covid-19 Pandemic
dc.contributor.authorLeuker, Christina
dc.contributor.authorEggeling, Lukas Maximilian
dc.contributor.authorFleischhut, Nadine
dc.contributor.authorGubernath, John
dc.contributor.authorGumenik, Ksenija
dc.contributor.authorHechtlinger, Shahar
dc.contributor.authorKozyreva, Anastasia
dc.contributor.authorSamaan, Larissa
dc.contributor.authorHertwig, Ralph
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-10T15:53:57Z
dc.date.available2024-09-10T15:53:57Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-10none
dc.identifier.other10.47368/ejhc.2022.202
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/12142
dc.description.abstractDuring the Covid-19 pandemic, people have been exposed to vast amounts of misinformation. This “infodemic” has undermined key behavioural and pharmacological measures to contain the pandemic. In a cross-sectional survey of residents of Germany, we investigated the perceived prevalence of misinformation, the strategies people reported using to discern between true and false information, and individual differences in beliefs in misinformation at three time points from June 2020 to February 2021 (N = 3324). We observed four main results. First, there was an increase in the perceived prevalence of misinformation over time. Second, the most believed false claims included that the virus is no worse than the flu and that the EU has approved dangerous vaccines. Third, belief in misinformation was associated with support for the far-right AfD party; reliance on tabloids, neighbours and social media for information; lower levels of education; and migration background. Fourth, only about half of the respondents reported using strategies such as checking for consistency between different sources to identify misinformation. These results can inform the development of interventions, such as boosting the ability to discern accurate from misleading information, or enriching specific environments (e.g., neighbourhoods with high rates of migration) with accessible and high-quality information.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY 3.0 DE) Namensnennung 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/de/
dc.subjectperceptions of misinformationeng
dc.subjectbeliefs in misinformationeng
dc.subjectCOVID-19eng
dc.subjectGermanyeng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleMisinformation in Germany During the Covid-19 Pandemicnone
dc.typearticle
dc.subtitleA Cross-Sectional Survey on Citizens’ Perceptions and Individual Differences in the Belief in False Informationnone
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-176904/12142-6
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.container-titleEuropean Journal of Health Communicationnone
local.edoc.container-issn2673-5903none
local.edoc.pages27none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttps://ejhc.org/indexnone
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameUniversity of Zurich, IKMZ - Department of Communication and Media Researchnone
local.edoc.container-volume3none
local.edoc.container-issue2none
local.edoc.container-reportyear2022none
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone

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