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Repeated COVID-19 Pandemic-related Media Consumption: Minimizing Sharing of Nonsensical Misinformation through Health Literacy and Critical Thinking

Repeated COVID-19 Pandemic-related Media Consumption: Minimizing Sharing of Nonsensical Misinformation through Health Literacy and Critical Thinking

ABSTRACT. The aim of this paper is to synthesize and analyze existing evidence on repeated COVID-19 pandemic-related media consumption. Using and replicating data from Annenberg Science Knowledge/the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Gallup, GlobalWebIndex, Knight Foundation, Ofcom, Pew Research Center, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, and the University of Canberra, we performed analyses and made estimates regarding attitudinal statements about COVID-19 and media coverage. Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling.

Keywords: COVID-19; media consumption; nonsensical misinformation; health literacy

How to cite: Rommer, D., Majerova, J., and Machova, V. (2020). “Repeated COVID-19 Pandemic-related Media Consumption: Minimizing Sharing of Nonsensical Misinformation through Health Literacy and Critical Thinking,” Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations 19: 107–113. doi: 10.22381/LPI1920207

Received 14 April 2020 • Received in revised form 22 May 2020
Accepted 23 May 2020 • Available online 24 May 2020

Derek Rommer
d.rommer@aa-er.org
The Center for Big Data-driven
Algorithmic Decision-Making
at AAER, London, England
(corresponding author)
Jana Majerova
jana.majerova@fpedas.uniza.sk
Faculty of Operation and Economics
of Transport and Communications,
Department of Economics,
University of Zilina, Zilina, Slovak Republic
Veronika Machova
machova@mail.vstecb.cz
The School of Expertness and Valuation,
The Institute of Technology and Business
in Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic