Checking the facts! exploring social media users' sharing of verified COVID-19 information from the comprehensive action determination model

IF 8.2 2区管理学 Q1 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Information & Management Pub Date : 2025-05-01 DOI:10.1016/j.im.2025.104161

Zhenya Tang , Brandon Soltwisch

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Abstract

Sharing verified information on social media is critical to preventing the spread of dangerous misinformation, protecting public health, and promoting informed decision-making during health crises, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aims to shift the focus from the detrimental impact of social media users in disseminating unverified information during crises to the potential for motivating these same users to counteract the COVID-19 infodemic by sharing verified information. Our research model is grounded in the comprehensive action determination model and tested through survey data from 395 social media users. Our findings suggest that users' verified-information-sharing behavior is influenced by various factors, including attitude, personal norms, social norms, habit, self-efficacy, and perceived threat. Our study highlights the role of social media users in combating the spread of unverified information during health crises and offers significant theoretical and practical implications.

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核实事实！从综合行动确定模型出发，探索社交媒体用户对COVID-19验证信息的分享

在COVID-19大流行等卫生危机期间，在社交媒体上分享经过验证的信息对于防止危险的错误信息传播、保护公众健康和促进知情决策至关重要。本研究旨在将重点从社交媒体用户在危机期间传播未经验证的信息的有害影响转移到激励这些用户通过分享经过验证的信息来应对COVID-19信息大流行的潜力。我们的研究模型基于综合行动决定模型，并通过对395名社交媒体用户的调查数据进行检验。研究结果表明，用户的信息共享行为受态度、个人规范、社会规范、习惯、自我效能感和感知威胁等因素的影响。我们的研究强调了社交媒体用户在对抗健康危机期间未经证实的信息传播方面的作用，并提供了重要的理论和实践意义。

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Information & Management 工程技术-计算机：信息系统

CiteScore

17.90

自引率

6.10%

发文量

123

审稿时长

1 months

期刊介绍： Information & Management is a publication that caters to researchers in the field of information systems as well as managers, professionals, administrators, and senior executives involved in designing, implementing, and managing Information Systems Applications.