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Author(s): | Entradas, M. |
Date: | 2022 |
Title: | In science we trust: The effects of information sources on COVID-19 risk perceptions |
Journal title: | Health Communication |
Volume: | 37 |
Number: | 14 |
Pages: | 1715 - 1723 |
Reference: | Entradas, M. (2022). In science we trust: The effects of information sources on COVID-19 risk perceptions. Health Communication, 37(14), 1715-1723. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2021.1914915 |
ISSN: | 1041-0236 |
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | 10.1080/10410236.2021.1914915 |
Keywords: | COVID-19 Risk perceptions Attitudes to science |
Abstract: | The goal of this study was to investigate the effects of sources of information on COVID-19 risk perceptions. Using data from a representative sample of the Portuguese population (N = 1,411) collected early in the pandemic, we find that while media sources were more frequently used, scientific sources played a more important role on perceived personal and societal-level risks; higher trust in scientific sources associated with increased risk perceptions (i.e., amplified perceived risk), trust in social media associated with dismissing personal threat (i.e., attenuated perceived risk). These findings suggest that people’s relations with science were determinant factors in risk perceptions, and dimensions that measure these deserve further investigation. |
Peerreviewed: | yes |
Access type: | Open Access |
Appears in Collections: | CIES-RI - Artigos em revistas científicas internacionais com arbitragem científica |
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