Why People Who Know Less Think They Know about COVID-19: Evidence from US and Singapore

Sangwon Lee; Masahiro Yamamoto; Edson C. Tandoc

doi:10.1177/10776990211049460

Why People Who Know Less Think They Know about COVID-19: Evidence from US and Singapore

Sangwon Lee^*, Masahiro Yamamoto, Edson C. Tandoc

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Abstract

This study explores the effects of traditional media and social media on different types of knowledge about COVID-19. We also explore how surveillance motivation moderates the relationship between media use and different types of knowledge. Based on cross-national data from Singapore and the United States, we find that news seeking via social media is negatively related to factual knowledge and positively related to subjective knowledge and knowledge miscalibration. News seeking via traditional media is not significantly related to factual knowledge. Although the main effects are highly consistent across the two countries, we find some different interaction patterns across these countries.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	44-68
Number of pages	25
Journal	Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
Volume	99
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/10776990211049460
Publication status	Published - Mar 2022
Externally published	Yes

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COVID-19
cross-national data
knowledge
social media
traditional media

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