Predictors and outcomes of individual knowledge on early-stage pandemic: Social media, information credibility, public opinion, and behaviour in a large-scale global study

Yash Chawla, Agnieszka Radziwon, Laurent Scaringella, Ewa Lazarczyk (), Marco Greco, Paulo Duarte Silveira, Eduardo Pestana de Aguiar, Qing Yang Shen, Markus Will and Anna Kowalska-Pyzalska

No WORMS/21/01, WORking papers in Management Science (WORMS) from Department of Operations Research and Business Intelligence, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology

Abstract: This study explores how individuals obtain knowledge, perceive information sources, behave, and form opinions while facing a pandemic at an early stage. We develop a conceptual model linking the predictors of individuals' knowledge with people's behaviour and opinions. The model is empirically tested through a large-scale global survey of 15,552 respondents from 123 countries. Our results indicate that relying on one source of information does not lead to favourable behaviour towards curbing the pandemic. Furthermore, we need to educate people and control misinformation spread on policy and social network platforms to curb emergencies collectively.

Keywords: Early-stage pandemics; Individual knowledge; Sources of information; Social media; Internet users; Public behaviour; Public opinion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2021-01-13
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