Do you trust the rumors? Examining the determinants of health‐related misinformation in India
Hansika Kapoor,
Swanaya Gurjar,
Hreem Mahadeshwar
et al.
Abstract:Rumors, conspiracies, and health‐related misinformation have gone hand‐in‐hand with the global COVID‐19 pandemic, making it hard to obtain reliable and accurate information. Against this background, this study examined the different psychosocial predictors of believing in conspiratorial information related to general health in India. Indian participants (N = 826) responded to measures related to conspiratorial thinking, trust, moral emotions, political ideology, bullshit receptivity, and belief in conspiratori… Show more
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