4,876
Views
60
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Article

When Do People Verify and Share Health Rumors on Social Media? The Effects of Message Importance, Health Anxiety, and Health Literacy

&

Keep up to date with the latest research on this topic with citation updates for this article.

Read on this site (7)

Shuting Yang, Zhenzhen Liu, Xinying Jiang, Xiaomin Sun, Yiqin Lin, Yue Yuan, Yiming Zhu, Qi Zhao, Yueqin Hu & Tianxin Wang. (2023) Understanding Rumor Sharing Behavior During COVID-19: The Dominant Motivation and the Potential Consequences for Life Satisfaction. The Journal of Psychology 157:5, pages 339-366.
Read now
Kang Li & Donghee Shin. (2023) Correcting E-Cigarette Misinformation on Social Media: Responses from UAE Nationals Who Smoke. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 67:3, pages 376-396.
Read now
Kannan Sridharan & Gowri Sivaramakrishnan. (2023) Disinformation about COVID-19 Preventions and Treatments: Analysis of USFDA Warning Letters. Health Communication 38:5, pages 885-891.
Read now
Hyegyu Lee & Jarim Kim. (2022) Factors affecting rumor believability in the context of COVID-19: the moderating roles of government trust and health literacy. Journal of Applied Communication Research 50:6, pages 613-631.
Read now
Yulong Gu, Zornitsa Kalibatseva, Xu Song & Sreelekha Prakash. (2022) Effective use of online COVID-19 information and eHealth information literacy among US university students. Journal of American College Health 0:0, pages 1-8.
Read now
Xueling Xiao, Jinshun Xiao, Juqin Yao, Yaling Chen, Leorey Saligan, Nancy R Reynolds & Honghong Wang. (2020) The Role of Resilience and Gender in Relation to Infectious-Disease-Specific Health Literacy and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment 16, pages 3011-3021.
Read now

Articles from other publishers (53)

Mengzi Yin, Liyi Liu, Linqi Cheng, Zongmin Li & Yan Tu. (2024) A novel group multi-criteria sorting approach integrating social network analysis for ability assessment of health rumor-refutation accounts. Expert Systems with Applications 238, pages 121894.
Crossref
You Wu, Xiao-Liang Shen & Yongqiang Sun. (2022) Establishing the typology and the underlying structure of rumor-combating behaviors: a multidimensional scaling approach. Information Technology & People 36:7, pages 2661-2686.
Crossref
Muhammad Riaz, Wu Jie, Mrs Sherani, Sher Ali, Fredrick Ahenkora Boamah & Yan Zhu. (2023) An empirical evaluation of the predictors and consequences of social media health-misinformation seeking behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. Internet Research 33:5, pages 1871-1906.
Crossref
Hodaya Avikasis, Adi Shalem-Rabinovich, Yehudit Yehezkeli & Azi Lev-on. (2023) What characterize the rumors circulating on social media in Israel in the first wave of COVID-19?. Online Journal of Communication and Media Technologies 13:4, pages e202352.
Crossref
Lingfei Wang, Mengmeng Yue & Guoyan Wang. (2023) Too Real to be Questioned: Analysis of the Factors Influencing the Spread of Online Scientific Rumors in China. SAGE Open 13:4.
Crossref
Lin Zhang, Xin Wang, Jinyu Wang, Ping Yang, Peiling Zhou & Ganli Liao. (2023) A study on predicting crisis information dissemination in epidemic-level public health events. Journal of Safety Science and Resilience 4:3, pages 253-261.
Crossref
Yan Tu, Linqi Cheng, Liyi Liu, Zongmin Li & Benjamin Lev. (2023) How to improve the rumor-confutation ability of official rumor-refuting account on social media: A Chinese case study. Computer Communications 209, pages 331-348.
Crossref
Wenting Yu & Fei Shen. (2023) Mapping verification behaviors in the post-truth era: A systematic review. New Media & Society.
Crossref
Saira Hanif Soroya, Adeel Ur Rehman & Anthony Faiola. (2023) Exploring the impact of Internet and media sources exposure on self-care behavior: mediating the role of health anxiety, literacy and information-seeking behavior. Kybernetes.
Crossref
Wenting Yu, Brett Payton, Mengru Sun, Wufan Jia & Guanxiong Huang. (2022) Toward an integrated framework for misinformation and correction sharing: A systematic review across domains. New Media & Society 25:8, pages 2241-2267.
Crossref
Adrian Kwek, Luke Peh, Josef Tan & Jin Xing Lee. (2023) Distractions, analytical thinking and falling for fake news: A survey of psychological factors. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 10:1.
Crossref
Haoning Xue & Laramie Taylor. (2022) When do people believe, check, and share health rumors on social media? Effects of evidence type, health literacy, and health knowledge. Journal of Health Psychology 28:7, pages 607-619.
Crossref
Wei Wang & Hongyan Zhang. (2023) Behavior patterns and influencing factors: Health information acquisition behavior of Chinese senior adults on WeChat. Heliyon 9:6, pages e16431.
Crossref
Xiaofei Zhang, Yixuan Liu, Ziru Qin, Zilin Ye & Fanbo Meng. (2023) Understanding the role of social media usage and health self-efficacy in the processing of COVID-19 rumors: A SOR perspective. Data and Information Management 7:2, pages 100043.
Crossref
Adela Lokajova, David Smahel & Nikol Kvardova. (2023) Health-related social media use and COVID-19 anxiety in adolescence: health anxiety as covariate and moderator. Frontiers in Psychology 14.
Crossref
Saiyue Lyu & Zhicong Lu. (2023) Exploring Temporal and Multilingual Dynamics of Post-Disaster Social Media Discourse: A Case of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 7:CSCW1, pages 1-24.
Crossref
Liang Chen & Hongjie Tang. (2022) Intention of health experts to counter health misinformation in social media: Effects of perceived threat to online users, correction efficacy, and self-affirmation. Public Understanding of Science 32:3, pages 284-303.
Crossref
Hanan Alasmari & Oksana L. Zavalina. (2022) Using Two Theories in Exploration of the Health Information Diffusion on Social Media During a Global Health Crisis. Journal of Information & Knowledge Management 22:02.
Crossref
Sijing Chen, Lu Xiao & Akit Kumar. (2023) Spread of misinformation on social media: What contributes to it and how to combat it. Computers in Human Behavior 141, pages 107643.
Crossref
Shuo-Yu Lin, Xiaolu Cheng, Jun Zhang, Jaya Sindhu Yannam, Andrew J Barnes, J Randy Koch, Rashelle Hayes, Gilbert Gimm, Xiaoquan Zhao, Hemant Purohit & Hong Xue. (2023) Social Media Data Mining of Antitobacco Campaign Messages: Machine Learning Analysis of Facebook Posts. Journal of Medical Internet Research 25, pages e42863.
Crossref
Sarawut Kankham & Jian-Ren Hou. (2023) Right Sentiments to Spread the Word of Truth: Verified Ratings and Sentiment Polarity in Promoting Fact-Checking Contents on Social Media. SSRN Electronic Journal.
Crossref
Manli Wu & Yiming Pei. (2022) Linking social media overload to health misinformation dissemination: An investigation of the underlying mechanisms. Telematics and Informatics Reports 8, pages 100020.
Crossref
Shuai Zhang, Feicheng Ma, Yunmei Liu & Wenjing Pian. (2021) Identifying features of health misinformation on social media sites: an exploratory analysis. Library Hi Tech 40:5, pages 1384-1401.
Crossref
Jian-Ren Hou & Sarawut Kankham. (2022) More than feelings? How Facebook reaction icons affect online users' behavioral intentions toward online health rumor posts. Internet Research 32:6, pages 1978-2002.
Crossref
Chunye Fu, Xiaokang Lyu & Mingdi Mi. (2022) Collective Value Promotes the Willingness to Share Provaccination Messages on Social Media in China: Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Formative Research 6:10, pages e35744.
Crossref
Juan Liu, Carrie Reif-Stice & Bruce Getz. (2022) The mediating role of comments’ credibility in influencing cancer cure misperceptions and social sharing. Online Media and Global Communication 1:3, pages 551-579.
Crossref
Bonny Yee-Man Wong, Sai Yin Ho, Shirley Man Man Sit, Wei Jie Gong, Agnes Yuen Kwan Lai, Man Ping Wang & Tai Hing Lam. (2022) Association of family wellbeing with forwarding and verifying COVID-19-related information, and mediation of family communication quality. Frontiers in Public Health 10.
Crossref
Feng Yang, Yunyue Ren, Shusheng Wang & Xiaoqian Zhang. (2022) Health-Related Rumor Control through Social Collaboration Models: Lessons from Cases in China during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Healthcare 10:8, pages 1475.
Crossref
Oliver Harald Kempkens. (2022) Rumours and Fake News – Effects of Message Credibility on Human Behaviour during the Corona Pandemic. Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. Series: Political, Sociological and Economic sciences 2022:2, pages 162-170.
Crossref
Yanqing Sun. (2022) Verification Upon Exposure to COVID-19 Misinformation: Predictors, Outcomes, and the Mediating Role of Verification. Science Communication 44:3, pages 261-291.
Crossref
Peiyi Li, Bo Chen, Genevieve Deveaux, Yunmei Luo, Wenjuan Tao, Weimin Li, Jin Wen & Yuan Zheng. (2022) Cross-Verification of COVID-19 Information Obtained From Unofficial Social Media Accounts and Associated Changes in Health Behaviors: Web-Based Questionnaire Study Among Chinese Netizens. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 8:5, pages e33577.
Crossref
Yan Wang, Feng Qing & Lei Wang. (2022) Rumor Dynamic Model considering Intentional Spreaders in Social Network. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society 2022, pages 1-10.
Crossref
Kristin Hjorthaug Urstad, Marit Helen Andersen, Marie Hamilton Larsen, Christine Råheim Borge, Sølvi Helseth & Astrid Klopstad Wahl. (2022) Definitions and measurement of health literacy in health and medicine research: a systematic review. BMJ Open 12:2, pages e056294.
Crossref
Anumegha Sharma & Payal S. Kapoor. (2021) Message sharing and verification behaviour on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic: a study in the context of India and the USA. Online Information Review 46:1, pages 22-39.
Crossref
Yan Wang, Feng Qing & Ming Yan. (2022) Dynamics of 2SIH2R Rumor-Spreading Model in a Heterogeneous Network. Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing 2022, pages 1-13.
Crossref
Xiaopeng Yao, Yue Gu, Chonglin Gu & Hejiao Huang. (2022) Fast controlling of rumors with limited cost in social networks. Computer Communications 182, pages 41-51.
Crossref
Deniza Alieva & Asal Dadakhonova. 2022. Central Asia and the Covid-19 Pandemic. Central Asia and the Covid-19 Pandemic 35 52 .
Yonathan Dri Handarkho, Dhyah Ayu Retno Widyastuti & Yulius Harjoseputro. (2021) The effect of the social aspect, media dependency, and uncertainty against the formation of Trust toward information in social network sites: A case study of COVID‐19 information in Indonesia. THE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 88:1.
Crossref
Candice Lanius, Ryan Weber & William I. MacKenzieJr.Jr.. (2021) Use of bot and content flags to limit the spread of misinformation among social networks: a behavior and attitude survey. Social Network Analysis and Mining 11:1.
Crossref
Wenjing Pian, Jianxing Chi & Feicheng Ma. (2021) The causes, impacts and countermeasures of COVID-19 “Infodemic”: A systematic review using narrative synthesis. Information Processing & Management 58:6, pages 102713.
Crossref
Mikyoung Kim, Hye-Jin Paek & Thomas Hove. (2021) Roles of Temporal Message Framing and Digital Channel Type in Perception and Dissemination of Food Risk Rumors. Asian Communication Research 18:2, pages 89-106.
Crossref
Qiang Chen, Yangyi Zhang, Richard Evans & Chen Min. (2021) Why Do Citizens Share COVID-19 Fact-Checks Posted by Chinese Government Social Media Accounts? The Elaboration Likelihood Model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18:19, pages 10058.
Crossref
Tran Hung Nguyen & Xuan Cu Le. (2021) How social media fosters the elders' COVID-19 preventive behaviors: perspectives of information value and perceived threat. Library Hi Tech 39:3, pages 776-795.
Crossref
Cheng Zhou, Haoxin Xiu, Yuqiu Wang & Xinyao Yu. (2021) Characterizing the dissemination of misinformation on social media in health emergencies: An empirical study based on COVID-19. Information Processing & Management 58:4, pages 102554.
Crossref
Changqing Zou, Weiyu Zhang, Kristin Sznajder, Fengzhi Yang, Yajing Jia, Ruqing Ma, Can Cui & Xiaoshi Yang. (2021) Factors Influencing Anxiety Among WeChat Users During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Mainland China: Cross-sectional Survey Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research 23:5, pages e24412.
Crossref
Xiaoxuan Song, Chang Liu & Yan Zhang. (2021) Chinese College Students’ Source Selection and Use in Searching for Health-related Information Online. Information Processing & Management 58:3, pages 102489.
Crossref
Sinan Uğraş, Ahmet E. Sağın, Ömer Karabulut & Gökmen Özen. (2021) The relationship between college athletes' health literacy and COVID-19 anxiety levels. Physical education of students 25:1, pages 36-42.
Crossref
Lingnan He, Yue Chen, Xiling Xiong, Xiqian Zou & Kaisheng Lai. (2021) Does Science Literacy Guarantee Resistance to Health Rumors? The Moderating Effect of Self-Efficacy of Science Literacy in the Relationship between Science Literacy and Rumor Belief. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18:5, pages 2243.
Crossref
Manoj Kumar Sharma, Nitin Anand, Akash Vishwakarma, Maya Sahu, Pranjali Chakraborty Thakur, Ishita Mondal, Priya Singh, Ajith SJ, Suma N, Ankita Biswas, Archana R, Nisha John, Ashwini Tapatrikar & Keshava D. Murthy. (2020) Mental health issues mediate social media use in rumors: Implication for media based mental health literacy. Asian Journal of Psychiatry 53, pages 102132.
Crossref
Shital Lathiya, J.S. Dhobi, Arkaitz Zubiaga, Maria Liakata & Rob Procter. (2020) Birds of a feather check together: Leveraging homophily for sequential rumour detection. Online Social Networks and Media 19, pages 100097.
Crossref
Lei Qin, Qiang Sun, Yidan Wang, Ke-Fei Wu, Mingchih Chen, Ben-Chang Shia & Szu-Yuan Wu. (2020) Prediction of Number of Cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Using Social Media Search Index. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17:7, pages 2365.
Crossref
Neha Trivedi, Melinda Krakow, Katherine Hyatt Hawkins, Emily B. Peterson & Wen-Ying Sylvia Chou. (2020) “Well, the Message Is From the Institute of Something”: Exploring Source Trust of Cancer-Related Messages on Simulated Facebook Posts. Frontiers in Communication 5.
Crossref
Eduardo C. Garrido-Merchán, Cristina Puente & Rafael Palacios. 2020. Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems. Hybrid Artificial Intelligent Systems 13 24 .

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.