Publication: (Mis)informed during COVID-19: how education level and information sources contribute to knowledge gaps
(Mis)informed during COVID-19: how education level and information sources contribute to knowledge gaps
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Gerosa, T., Gui, M., Hargittai, E., & Nguyen, M. H. (2021). (Mis)informed during COVID-19: how education level and information sources contribute to knowledge gaps. International Journal of Communication, 15, 2196–2217. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/16438/3438
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As COVID-19 swept across the globe, disrupting people’s lives through lockdowns and health concerns, information about how to stay safe and how to identify symptoms spread across media of all forms. Using survey data we collected in April 2020 on a national sample of Americans, we tested the knowledge gap hypothesis by examining how people’s education levels relate to their knowledge about COVID-19 as well as their susceptibility to fake news, and whether information sources moderate this relationship. Our findings suggest that a know
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- Gerosa, Tiziano
- Gui, Marco
- Nguyen, Minh Hao
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Gerosa, T., Gui, M., Hargittai, E., & Nguyen, M. H. (2021). (Mis)informed during COVID-19: how education level and information sources contribute to knowledge gaps. International Journal of Communication, 15, 2196–2217. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/16438/3438
