Going Viral: How Fear, Socio-Cognitive Polarization and Problem-Solving Influence Fake News Detection and Proliferation During COVID-19 Pandemic
In times of uncertainty, people often seek out information to help alleviate fear, possibly leaving them vulnerable to false information. During the COVID-19 pandemic, we attended to a viral spread of incorrect and misleading information that compromised collective actions and public health measures...
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Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2021-01-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Communication |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fcomm.2020.562588/full |