Social media may hinder learning about science; social media's role in learning about COVID-19

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Highlights：

• Consuming news from social media fostered the “news-finds-me” perception (NFMP).

• NFMP made people both uninformed and misinformed about COVID-19 issues.

• Information overload amplified the NFMP's negative effect on learning about COVID-19.

摘要

•Consuming news from social media fostered the “news-finds-me” perception (NFMP).•NFMP made people both uninformed and misinformed about COVID-19 issues.•Information overload amplified the NFMP's negative effect on learning about COVID-19.

论文关键词：COVID-19,Social media,Science knowledge,Health knowledge,Misinformation,News-finds-me perception

论文评审过程：Received 14 February 2022, Revised 2 September 2022, Accepted 10 September 2022, Available online 14 September 2022, Version of Record 18 September 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2022.107487