Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation About COVID-19: Comparative Perspectives on the Role of Anxiety, Depression and Exposure to and Trust in Information Sources

Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation About COVID-19: Comparative Perspectives on the Role of Anxiety, Depression and Exposure to and Trust in Information Sources

While COVID-19 spreads aggressively and rapidly across the globe, many societies have also witnessed the spread of other viral phenomena like misinformation, conspiracy theories, and general mass suspicions about what is really going on. This study investigates how exposure to and trust in informati...

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Main Authors: David De Coninck, Thomas Frissen, Koen Matthijs, Leen d’Haenens, Grégoire Lits, Olivier Champagne-Poirier, Marie-Eve Carignan, Marc D. David, Nathalie Pignard-Cheynel, Sébastien Salerno, Melissa Généreux
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
COVID-19
conspiracy beliefs
misinformation beliefs
information sources
pandemic
conspiracy theories
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.646394/full

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https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.646394/full

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