Social media skepticism and belief in conspiracy theories about COVID-19: the moderating role of the dark triad.
Social media skepticism and belief in conspiracy theories about COVID-19: the moderating role of the dark triad.
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DOI：
10.1007/s12144-021-02198-1
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发表时间：
2023
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影响因子：
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通讯作者：
Wu SL
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作者：
Ahadzadeh AS;Ong FS;Wu SL
有关COVID-19的阴谋论在广泛开放的社交媒体环境中盛行，令人对相信此类理论的负面影响产生相当大的担忧。先前的研究表明，怀疑与媒体内容的接受程度呈负相关。然而，对社交媒体内容的怀疑与COVID-19阴谋论的定罪之间的这种关联尚未得到调查。此外，这种关联可能是社交媒体用户的黑暗三人格特征的一个功能，包括马基雅维利主义，自恋和精神病。一个方便的样本439马来西亚年轻的成年社交媒体用户被招募来完成调查。结果显示，怀疑态度与对COVID-19阴谋论的信念呈负相关。然而，这种关系的强度取决于受访者的马基雅维利主义和自恋水平。对于马基雅维利主义得分高的人来说，怀疑和相信COVID-19阴谋论之间的负相关性较弱。研究还发现，自恋的高分和中分可以减少怀疑与COVID-19阴谋意念的负面关系。研究结果表明，增强健康的怀疑态度，以减轻对社交媒体上传播的阴谋论的信仰。尽管如此，马基雅维利主义和自恋似乎削弱了怀疑论对阴谋论的影响。
The prevalence of conspiracy theories about COVID-19 in the wide-open social media environment has raised considerable concerns about the adverse effects of believing such theories. The previous work showed that skepticism is negatively associated with acceptance of media content. However, this association has yet to be investigated between skepticism towards content on social media and conviction of COVID-19 conspiracy theories. Furthermore, this association can be a function of social media users’ dark triad traits comprising Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy. A convenient sample of 439 Malaysian young adult social media users was recruited to complete the survey. Results showed that skepticism has a negative relationship with belief in conspiracy theories about COVID-19. However, the strength of the relationship is varied depending on respondents’ Machiavellianism and narcissism levels. The negative association between skepticism and belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories is weaker for individuals with high scores on Machiavellianism. High and moderate scores on narcissism were also found to diminish the negative relationship of skepticism with COVID-19 conspiracy ideation. The results yield implications for enhancing healthy skepticism to mitigate belief in conspiracy theories promulgated on social media. Nonetheless, Machiavellianism and narcissism appeared to weaken the power of skepticism on conspiracy theories.
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