Miscommunicating the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Asian Perspective
London; New York: Routledge (2024), xiii, 236 pp.
Contains illustrations, index
Series: Routledge Advances in Internationalizing Media Studies, 30
ISBN 9781032408880 (hbk); 9781003355984 (ebook)
"This book tackles the infodemic—the rapid, widespread diffusion of false, misleading, or inaccurate information about the disease and its ramifications—triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. With a focus on four Asian societies, the book compares and analyzes the spread of COVID-19 misinformation and its broad impacts on the public in Beijing, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Singapore." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction / Ran Wei, 1
2 The Emergence of COVID-19 Misinformation: Conception and Message Characteristics / Hai Liang, Ran Wei, and Anfan Chen, 18
3 Diffusion of Misinformation: Topological Characteristics and User Vulnerability / Sibo Wang and Hai Liang, 30
4 Exposure to Misinformation: Patterns and Predictors / Guanxiong Huang and Wenting Yu, 47
5 Sharing Misinformation: Facilitating the Spread / Ven-Hwei Lo, Ran Wei, and Sai Wang, 69
6 Consequences of Exposure to Misinformation: Negative Emotions and Biased Risk Perception / Ven-Hwei Lo, Grace Xiao Zhang, and Miao Lu, 89
7 The Antivax Phenomenon: Trust and Misinformation / Yi-Hui Christine Huang and Jun Li, 111
8 The Cognitive Outcomes of Misinformation: Misbeliefs and Knowledge / Ran Wei and Jing Guo, 130
9 Swamped: Misinformation and Information Overload / Ran Wei, Wenting Yu, and Jing Guo, 155
10 Fighting Back: Citizen Actions to Combat Misinformation / Dong Dong, Grace Xiao Zhang, and Yan Zeng, 176
11 Modeling the Dynamic Process and Adverse Effects of Misinformation / Ven-Hwei Lo and Ran Wei, 196
12 An Asian Perspective on Combating Misinformation: What Have We Learned? / Ran Wei, 208
2 The Emergence of COVID-19 Misinformation: Conception and Message Characteristics / Hai Liang, Ran Wei, and Anfan Chen, 18
3 Diffusion of Misinformation: Topological Characteristics and User Vulnerability / Sibo Wang and Hai Liang, 30
4 Exposure to Misinformation: Patterns and Predictors / Guanxiong Huang and Wenting Yu, 47
5 Sharing Misinformation: Facilitating the Spread / Ven-Hwei Lo, Ran Wei, and Sai Wang, 69
6 Consequences of Exposure to Misinformation: Negative Emotions and Biased Risk Perception / Ven-Hwei Lo, Grace Xiao Zhang, and Miao Lu, 89
7 The Antivax Phenomenon: Trust and Misinformation / Yi-Hui Christine Huang and Jun Li, 111
8 The Cognitive Outcomes of Misinformation: Misbeliefs and Knowledge / Ran Wei and Jing Guo, 130
9 Swamped: Misinformation and Information Overload / Ran Wei, Wenting Yu, and Jing Guo, 155
10 Fighting Back: Citizen Actions to Combat Misinformation / Dong Dong, Grace Xiao Zhang, and Yan Zeng, 176
11 Modeling the Dynamic Process and Adverse Effects of Misinformation / Ven-Hwei Lo and Ran Wei, 196
12 An Asian Perspective on Combating Misinformation: What Have We Learned? / Ran Wei, 208
