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Mendoza, Selena Stephany.

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Fake News and COVID-19: The Effects of Believability on the Relation Between Confirmation Bias and Vaccine Attitudes.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Fake News and COVID-19: The Effects of Believability on the Relation Between Confirmation Bias and Vaccine Attitudes./
Author:	Mendoza, Selena Stephany.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2023,
Description:	102 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 84-08.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International84-08.
Subject:	Psychology. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=30249674
ISBN:	9798371995551

Fake News and COVID-19: The Effects of Believability on the Relation Between Confirmation Bias and Vaccine Attitudes.
Mendoza, Selena Stephany.

Fake News and COVID-19: The Effects of Believability on the Relation Between Confirmation Bias and Vaccine Attitudes. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2023 - 102 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 84-08.

Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, Stanislaus, 2023.

The phrase "fake news" has become popular and is of interest to the current study. Fake news is defined as misinformation reported to the public with the hope that some people will find it credible (Allcott & Gentzkow, 2017). The study of fake news is necessary due to its impact on people's decision-making, such as deciding whether or not to get a COVID-19 vaccine, which can possibly protect against coronavirus. To explore the psychological effects of "fake news" on COVID-19 vaccine attitudes, the current study used a mediation approach to explore the hypothesized path between people's confirmation biases regarding fake vaccine news, the extent to which people believed fake vaccine news, and their attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccines. In other words, people's belief of fake vaccine news was expected to mediate (or help explain) the perceived relation between their confirmation biases regarding fake vaccine news and their vaccine attitudes. One hundred and seventy-seven (N = 177) White adults, with a fairly even distribution of men and women, were surveyed online. Both direct and indirect effects were calculated, where significant relations were found between all study variables and most importantly, full mediation was detected. That is, as people's negative biases were confirmed by fake vaccine news stories, they were more likely to believe those stories, and less likely to have favorable attitudes toward the COVID-19 vaccines. Given the findings, believability is an important mediator to consider in further exploring the psychological effects of fake vaccine news. Participant characteristics related to age, gender, political views and social media usage were explored in relation to the findings. Implications are provided for policy makers, educators, healthcare professionals, and scholars who care about preventing the spread of fake vaccine news.{A0}

ISBN: 9798371995551Subjects--Topical Terms:

519075
Psychology.
Subjects--Index Terms:

COVID-19

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