Ahmed Shehata|Khadija Alnadabi
Factors affecting undergraduate students’ information sharing behaviour when dealing with COVID-19 misinformation: the theory of reasoned action
sharing misinformation become widespread phenomenon social media networks significantly contributed spreading sharing misinformation especially crises pandemics however little known people share misinformation study aims identify factors affecting undergraduate students information sharing behaviour dealing unverified information study also seeks discover statistically significant differences 005 students behaviour sharing information related covid19 without verification attributed demographic variables selfefficiency attitude towards verifying information individuals beliefs subjective norms study adopted theory reasoned action quantitative research approach adopted via use questionnaires email sent undergraduate students enrolled sultan qaboos university 20202021 yielding 407 valid answers various colleges reliability survey 0916 whole 0741 individuals selfefficacy scale 0312 attitude towards verifying information scale 0809 individuals beliefs scale 0916 subjective norms scale 0846 behaviour using sharing information related covid19 without verification scale effect selfefficacy attitude towards verifying information beliefs subjective norms behaviour sharing information related covid19 without verification tested quantitative data retrieved questionnaire analysed using spss 24 several analysis tests frequencies ttest multiple regression tests conducted findings support theres significant effect demographic variables selfefficacy attitude towards verifying information individuals beliefs subjective norms students behaviour sharing information related covid19 without verification research showed many factors affect information sharing behaviour research concluded students information behaviour could enhanced focusing information literacy skills