Factors Influencing Willingness to Share Health Misinformation Videos on the Internet: Web-Based Survey.
Alla KeselmanCatherine Arnott SmithGondy LeroyDavid R KaufmanPublished in: Journal of medical Internet research (2021)
People are vulnerable to web-based misinformation and are likely to propagate it on the internet. Information literacy and science literacy are associated with less vulnerability to misinformation and a lower propensity to spread it. Of the two, information literacy holds a greater promise as an intervention target. Understanding the role of different kinds of trust in information sharing merits further research.