With time comes trust? The development of misinformation perceptions related to COVID-19 over a six-month period: Evidence from a five-wave panel survey study in the Netherlands

IF 1.5 4区 文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION Communications-European Journal of Communication Research Pub Date : 2023-09-22 DOI:10.1515/commun-2023-0010
Michael Hameleers, Toni van der Meer
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Abstract Misinformation perceptions related to global crises such as COVID-19 can have negative ramifications for democracy. Beliefs related to the prevalence of falsehoods may increase news avoidance or even vaccine hesitancy – a problematic context for successful interventions and policymaking. To explore how misinformation beliefs developed over a six-month pandemic period and how they corresponded to (digital) media preferences and selective exposure to the news, we rely on a five-wave panel survey conducted in the Netherlands (N =1,742). Our main findings show that misinformation perceptions got more pronounced as the pandemic evolved. Social media use related to more pronounced misinformation beliefs within waves, whereas mainstream news use corresponded to less pronounced misinformation beliefs. An important implication for journalists and policymakers is to lower the over-time accumulation of misinformation perceptions, for example, by increasing transparency and acknowledging “honest mistakes.”
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信任随时间而来?六个月期间与COVID-19相关的错误信息认知的发展:来自荷兰五波小组调查研究的证据
与COVID-19等全球危机相关的错误信息认知可能会对民主产生负面影响。与谎言普遍存在有关的信念可能会增加对新闻的回避,甚至是对疫苗的犹豫——这是成功干预和决策的一个有问题的背景。为了探索错误信息信念是如何在六个月的大流行期间形成的,以及它们如何与(数字)媒体偏好和选择性新闻曝光相对应,我们依靠在荷兰进行的五波面板调查(N =1,742)。我们的主要发现表明,随着疫情的发展,错误信息的认知变得更加明显。社交媒体的使用与更明显的错误信息信念有关,而主流新闻的使用与不太明显的错误信息信念有关。对记者和政策制定者来说,一个重要的启示是,通过提高透明度和承认“诚实的错误”,降低错误信息认知的长期积累。
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期刊介绍: The European Journal of Communication Research is an established forum for scholarship and academic debate in the field of communication science and research from a European perspective. Communication science is concerned with the investigation of the structure and function of communication processes and their impact on society, social groups and individuals. The European Journal of Communication Research highlights the concerns of this discipline through the publication of articles, research reports, review essays and book reviews on theoretical and methodological developments considered from a European perspective. Communications seeks new and original European research material in the fields of interpersonal communication, intercultural communication and mass communication.
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