Partisan public health: how does political ideology influence support for COVID-19 related misinformation?
Partisan public health: how does political ideology influence support for COVID-19 related misinformation?
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DOI：
10.1007/s42001-020-00089-2
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Havey NF
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作者：
Havey NF
这项研究分析了4000多条与COVID-19大流行有关的六个错误信息主题相关的推文：使用羟氯喹作为治疗，使用漂白剂作为预防措施，比尔盖茨故意制造病毒，中国共产党故意制造病毒，以及Deep State导致病毒破坏经济并威胁特朗普总统的连任机会。在6个主题中的5个（不包括漂白剂），保守派在Twitter上占据主导地位。保守派也比他们的自由派同行更有可能相信并推动阴谋论，即中国共产党，比尔盖茨和深层国家正在联合起来感染人口并实施监视国家。与大流行相关的错误信息此前曾与对公共卫生建议的遵守率下降和对健康的不利影响有关，而当前大流行的证据表明，对公共卫生建议的遵守存在明显的党派偏见。这项研究表明，Twitter等社交媒体平台进一步促进的政治和信息两极分化可能对公共卫生产生可怕的后果。
This study analyzes over 4000 tweets related to six misinformation topics about the COVID-19 pandemic: the use of hydroxychloroquine as treatment, the use of bleach as a preventative measure, Bill Gates intentionally causing the virus, the Chinese Communist Party intentionally causing the virus, and the Deep State causing the virus to ruin the economy and threaten President Trump’s reelection chances. Across 5 of 6 topics (excluding bleach), conservatives dominate the discourse on Twitter. Conservatives are also more likely than their liberal peers to believe in and push conspiracy theories that the Chinese Communist Party, Bill Gates, and the Deep State are working in conjunction to infect the population and enact a surveillance state. Pandemic related misinformation has previously been associated with decreased adherence to public health recommendations and adverse health effects and evidence from the current pandemic indicates that adherence to public health recommendations is starkly partisan. This study suggests that the political and informational polarization further facilitated by social media platforms such as Twitter may have dire consequences for public health.
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