Wenjing Pan|Diyi Liu|Jie Fang
An Examination of Factors Contributing to the Acceptance of Online Health Misinformation
Renmin University of China|Renmin University of China|Renmin University of China
study examined factors including healthrelated anxiety preexisting misinformation beliefs repeated exposure contributing individuals acceptance health misinformation largescale online survey study found healthrelated anxiety positively associated health misinformation acceptance preexisting misinformation beliefs well repeated exposure health misinformation positively associated health misinformation acceptance results also showed demographic variables significantly associated health misinformation acceptance general females accepted health misinformation compared males participants age negatively associated health misinformation acceptance participants education level income negatively associated acceptance health misinformation