With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, social media has rapidly become a crucial
communication tool for information generation, dissemination, and consumption. In this …

Low digital health literacy affects large percentages of populations around the world and is a
direct contributor to the spread of COVID-19-related online misinformation (together with …

Numerous studies find associations between social media use and beliefs in conspiracy
theories and misinformation. While such findings are often interpreted as evidence that …

Rationale Belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories can have severe consequences; it is
therefore crucial to understand this phenomenon, in its similarities with general conspiracy …

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries have concentrated on develo**
policies that encourage the creation of more innovative products and services in response to …

We examined the implications of exposure to misinformation about COVID-19 in the United
States, South Korea, and Singapore in the early stages of the global pandemic. The online …

As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, an understanding of the structure and organization
of beliefs in pandemic conspiracy theories and misinformation becomes increasingly critical …

Rationale Health misinformation poses a significant threat to public health. Understanding
why people believe health misinformation and who is at risk is crucial for develo** …

Widespread misperceptions about COVID-19 and the novel coronavirus threaten to
exacerbate the severity of the pandemic. We conducted preregistered survey experiments in …

Rationale Previous research has shown that during the early months of the COVID-19
pandemic in the US, users of conservative media were more likely to accept conspiracy …