David De Coninck|Thomas Frissen|Koenraad Matthijs|Leen d’Haenens|Grégoire Lits|Olivier Champagne-Poirier|Marie-Ève Carignan|Marc D. David|Nathalie Pignard-Cheynel|Sébastien Salerno|Mélissa Généreux
Beliefs in Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation About COVID-19: Comparative Perspectives on the Role of Anxiety, Depression and Exposure to and Trust in Information Sources
KU Leuven|Maastricht University|KU Leuven|KU Leuven|UCLouvain|Université de Sherbrooke|Université de Sherbrooke|Université de Sherbrooke|University of Neuchâtel|University of Geneva|Université de Sherbrooke
covid19 spreads aggressively rapidly across globe many societies also witnessed spread viral phenomena like misinformation conspiracy theories general mass suspicions really going study investigates exposure trust information sources anxiety depression associated conspiracy misinformation beliefs eight countriesregions belgium canada england philippines hong kong new zealand united states switzerland covid19 pandemic data collected online survey fielded may 29 2020 june 12 2020 resulting multinational representative sample 8806 adult respondents results indicate greater exposure traditional media television radio newspapers associated lower conspiracy misinformation beliefs exposure politicians digital media personal contacts associated greater conspiracy misinformation beliefs exposure health experts associated lower conspiracy beliefs higher feelings depression also associated greater conspiracy misinformation beliefs also found relevant group country differences discuss implications results