Santosh Vijaykumar|Yan Jin|Daniel Rogerson|Xuerong Lu|Swati Sharma|A.D. Maughan|Bianca Fadel|Mariella Silva de Oliveira Costa|Claudia Pagliari|Daniel Morris
How shades of truth and age affect responses to COVID-19 (Mis)information: randomized survey experiment among WhatsApp users in UK and Brazil
Northumbria University|University of Georgia|Northumbria University|University of Georgia|Northumbria University|Northumbria University|Fundação Oswaldo Cruz|University of Edinburgh
abstract examined age exposure different types covid19 misinformation affect misinformation beliefs perceived credibility message intentiontoshare whatsapp two mixeddesign online experiments uk brazil total n 1454 first randomly exposed adult whatsapp users full misinformation partial misinformation full truth therapeutic powers garlic cure covid19 exposed participants corrective information world health organisation debunking claim found stronger misinformation beliefs among younger adults 1854 uk brazil possible backfire effects corrective information among older adults 55 uk corrective information effective enhancing perceived credibility intentiontoshare accurate information across groups countries findings call evidencebased infodemic interventions health agencies greater engagement younger adults pandemic misinformation management efforts