The COVID-19 Infodemic: Women and Digital (Health) Literacy

Ni Made Ras Amanda Gelgel, Ikma Citra Ranteallo
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The COVID-19 infodemics and gender make it challenging to promote science and health via social media. The objective of this study is to analyze the effects of infodemic exposure on women and men. We argue that an inclusive society is equipped with reliable digital literacy that enables women and men to participate in preventing COVID-19. This quantitative research carried out a survey in June–September 2020, with 440 social media users as respondents in Bali, Indonesia. The approach aims to evaluate attitudes regarding the COVID-19 infodemics. We calculated an error margin of less than +/- 5% at a level of confidence of 95% by combining the online questionnaires and survey analyses. According to the official website of Indonesia's Ministry of Communications and Information, users are grouped based on their age. For sample distribution, trends, and cross-tabulation, a Statistical Package for the Social Sciences was also used. We discovered that women are more inclined than men to accept the material in the COVID-19 infomercials as accurate. Men were more likely to practice the advice given in the infodemics than women, despite the fact that women believed the infodemics to be factual. However, more women than men reported being likely to spread the erroneous information, which indicates that women are more likely than men to do so. When given incorrect information about COVID-19, both men and women react almost exactly the same. When putting the COVID-19 advice into practice, male and female respondents responded in the same way. To empower individuals to disrupt infodemic flows, COVID-19 needs to promote the digital literacy of both men and women.
COVID-19信息大流行:妇女与数字(健康)素养
COVID-19的信息流行病和性别问题使通过社交媒体促进科学和健康面临挑战。本研究的目的是分析信息暴露对女性和男性的影响。我们认为,一个包容的社会必须具备可靠的数字素养,使妇女和男子都能参与预防COVID-19。这项定量研究于2020年6月至9月对印度尼西亚巴厘岛的440名社交媒体用户进行了调查。该方法旨在评估人们对COVID-19信息流行病的态度。通过结合在线问卷和调查分析,我们计算出的误差范围小于+/- 5%,置信度为95%。根据印度尼西亚通信和信息部的官方网站,用户是根据年龄分组的。对于样本分布、趋势和交叉制表,还使用了社会科学统计包。我们发现,女性比男性更倾向于接受COVID-19电视广告中的材料是准确的。男性比女性更有可能采纳新闻报道中提供的建议,尽管女性认为新闻报道是真实的。然而,女性比男性更有可能传播错误信息,这表明女性比男性更有可能这样做。当被告知有关COVID-19的错误信息时,男性和女性的反应几乎完全相同。在将COVID-19建议付诸实践时,男性和女性受访者的反应相同。为了增强个人的能力,阻断信息传播,COVID-19需要促进男性和女性的数字素养。
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