Fighting rumors to fight COVID-19: Investigating rumor belief and sharing on social media during the pandemic

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Highlights：

• Information acquisition from social media (IASM) hinders rumor sharing (RS).

• Rumor belief (RB) mediates this relationship between IASM and RS.

• Information acquisition from traditional media (IATM) weakens the effect of IASM on RB.

• Critical thinking (CT) alleviates the positive effect of RB on RS.

摘要

•Information acquisition from social media (IASM) hinders rumor sharing (RS).•Rumor belief (RB) mediates this relationship between IASM and RS.•Information acquisition from traditional media (IATM) weakens the effect of IASM on RB.•Critical thinking (CT) alleviates the positive effect of RB on RS.

论文关键词：COVID-19 rumor,Social media,Traditional media,Rumor belief,Rumor sharing,Critical thinking

论文评审过程：Received 22 March 2022, Revised 23 September 2022, Accepted 9 October 2022, Available online 13 October 2022, Version of Record 19 October 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107521