Source Trust and COVID-19 Information Sharing: The Mediating Roles of Emotions and Beliefs About Sharing

Lu, Linqi; Liu, Jiawei; Yuan, Y. Connie; Burns, Kelli S.; Lu, Enze; Li, Dongxiao

doi:10.1177/1090198120984760

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“…In addition, consumers' trust level in information from health professionals and scientists was higher than that from the government and news. Similar findings were found in a Chinese study, where health professionals were the most trusted source about COVID-19 [115]. This is also consistent with a previous study investigating perceived trust in general health information which showed that health professionals were identified as the most trusted sources [116].…”

Section: Overall Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Trends in Food Preferences and Sustainable Behavior during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Evidence from Spanish Consumers

Kallas

Rahmani

et al. 2021

Foods

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The COVID-19 pandemic poses a threat to global food security, and it changes consumers’ food buying and consumption behavior. This research not only investigates trends in Spanish consumers’ general food shopping and consumption habits during the lockdown, but also investigates these trends from the perspective of sustainable purchasing. Specifically, total food consumption (C), food expenditure (E), and purchase of food with sustainable attributes (S) were measured. Data were collected from a semi-structured questionnaire which was distributed online among 1203 participants. The logit models showed that gender, age, employment status, and consumers’ experiences were associated with total food consumption and expenditure during the lockdown. In addition, consumers’ risk perceptions, shopping places, trust level in information sources, and risk preference were highly essential factors influencing consumers’ preferences and sustainable behavior. Consumers’ objective knowledge regarding COVID-19 was related to expenditure. Furthermore, family structure only affected expenditure, while income and place of residence influenced food consumption. Mood was associated with expenditure and the purchase of sustainable food. Household size affected purchasing behavior towards food with sustainable attributes. This research provides references for stakeholders that help them to adapt to the new COVID-19 situation.

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Section: Overall Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Trends in Food Preferences and Sustainable Behavior during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Evidence from Spanish Consumers

Kallas

Rahmani

et al. 2021

Foods

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“…Individuals clearly do not have equal beliefs in information from different sources. Lu et al (2020) analyzed the relationship between the trust of different COVID-19 information sources (health professionals, academic institutions, government agencies, news media, social media, family, and friends) and individuals' information sharing behaviors in China. Their results showed that people are prone to exchange the information from media or social networks to share their feelings with each other.…”

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Dynamic associations between temporal behavior changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and subjective assessments of policymaking: A case study in Japan

Ding

Zhang

2021

Transport Policy

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To design effective policies against COVID-19, there is a need for more evidence-based research. However, associations between actual policies and temporal behavior changes have remained underexplored. To fill this important research gap, a nationwide retrospective life-oriented panel survey on individuals' behavior changes from April to September 2020 was implemented in Japan. Reliability of information sources, risk perceptions, and attitudes toward policymaking were also investigated. Valid data were collected from 2643 respondents residing in different parts of the country. Risks were reported about general infections and public transport use. Attitudes toward policymaking were mainly about policymaking capacity and PASS-LASTING based policy measures. A dynamic structural equation model (DSEM) was developed to quantify dynamic associations between individuals’ behavior changes over time and subjective assessments (i.e., attitudes) of policymaking. Survey results revealed that behavior changes are mostly characterized by avoidance behaviors. Modeling estimation results showed a statistically-significant sequential cause-effect relationship between accumulated behavior changes in the past, subjective factors, and the most recent behavior changes. The most recent behavior changes are mostly affected by accumulated behavior changes in the past. Effects of subjective assessments of policymaking on the most recent behavior changes are significant but moderate. Among attitudes toward policymaking, attitudes toward policymaking capacity are more influential than willingness to follow PASS-LASTING based policy measures. High risks of using public transport are found to significantly influence the most recent behavior changes, together with other risk perception factors. Insights into effective COVID-19 policymaking are summarized.

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“…To date, most research on source effects has focused on perceptions that the source is trustworthy or expert. This includes recent work in the COVID-19 domain, such as Lu et al's (2021) finding that people are more likely to share COVID-19 information with others when it comes from a relatively trustworthy rather than untrustworthy source. However, we believe that there is a separate source perception that has only been identified recently that holds particular relevance to the COVID-19 information environment.…”

Section: Impacts Of Message Sources Focusing On Source Biasmentioning

confidence: 99%

Persuasion amidst a pandemic: Insights from the Elaboration Likelihood Model

Susmann

Clark

et al. 2021

European Review of Social Psychology

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COVID-19 mitigation strategies have largely relied on persuading populations to adopt behavioural changes, so it is critical to understand how such persuasive efforts can be made more effective. The Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) of persuasion allows for the integration of a variety of seemingly disparate effects into one overarching framework. This allows for prediction of which effects are more likely to lead to subsequent behaviour change than others and for generation of novel predictions. We review several recent investigations into persuasive effects of variables related to the source of a persuasive message, features of the message itself, the recipient, and interactive effects between variables across these categories. Each investigation is situated within the ELM framework, and future directions derived from the ELM perspective are discussed. Finally, the implications of each piece of research for COVID-19 persuasive messaging are unpacked and evidence-based recommendations are made.

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Source Trust and COVID-19 Information Sharing: The Mediating Roles of Emotions and Beliefs About Sharing

Cited by 62 publications

References 36 publications

Trends in Food Preferences and Sustainable Behavior during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Evidence from Spanish Consumers

Trends in Food Preferences and Sustainable Behavior during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Evidence from Spanish Consumers

Dynamic associations between temporal behavior changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and subjective assessments of policymaking: A case study in Japan

Persuasion amidst a pandemic: Insights from the Elaboration Likelihood Model

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