BECAS
CHIOFALO MarÍa Florencia
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Attitude towards COVID-19 fake news and conspiracy theories: associations with analythical thinking, personality and information exposure
Autor/es:
TABULLO, ANGEL JAVIER; CHIOFALO MARIA FLORENCIA
Reunión:
Congreso; VI Congreso Regional de la World Federation for Mental Health, XIII Congreso Argentino De Salud Mental y III Congreso De Consumos Problematicos; 2021
Resumen:
An online survey was administered to 383 Argentineans regarding the acceptance of COVID-19 fake news and conspiracy theories. The participants completed additional measures of analytical reasoning, personality, COVID-19 related worries, trust and frequency of exposure to official and unofficial information sources. Regression analysis showed that the acceptance of conspiracy theories and fake news: 1) decreases with analytical reasoning, official sources exposure and education level, 2) increases with external locus of control in politics, in the case of conspiracy theories, and exposure and trust in unofficial information sources, in the case of fake news.
