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      Students' Motivations for Not Sharing Rumours during the COVID‐19 Pandemic in Singapore

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          The COVID‐19 pandemic has underscored the importance of curbing harmful misinformation and prompted legislation against fake news. Based on the case of the COVID‐19 pandemic in Singapore, this study investigated motivations behind college students' decisions not to share rumours on WhatsApp. Responses from 75 participants were collected through an anonymous online survey in July 2020. The findings suggest that during an infectious disease outbreak, students' decisions not to share rumours were motivated by concerns related to information quality rather than the fear of regulatory punishment.

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              Vulnerability to rumours during the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore.

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              Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many rumours have emerged. Given prior research linking rumour exposure to mental well-being, we conducted a nationwide survey to document the base rate of rumour exposure and factors associated with rumour vulnerability.
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                Contributors
                Minying Tan: mtan092@e.ntu.edu.sg
                Alton Y.K. Chua: altonchua@ntu.edu.sg
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Proc Assoc Inf Sci Technol
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Proc Assoc Inf Sci Technol
                Journal ID (doi): 10.1002/(ISSN)2373-9231
                Journal ID (publisher-id): PRA2
                Title: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Association for Information Science and Technology
                Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (Hoboken, USA )
                ISSN (Electronic): 2373-9231
                Publication date (Electronic): 13 October 2021
                Publication date (Print): 2021
                Publication date PMC-release: 13 October 2021
                Volume: 58
                Issue: 1 ( doiID: 10.1002/pra2.v58.1 )
                Pages: 842-844
                Affiliations
                [ 1 ] Nanyang Technological University Singapore
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                Publisher ID: PRA2582
                DOI: 10.1002/pra2.582
                PMC ID: 8646288
                SO-VID: 6cca3e38-d274-4ab8-9baa-e884f38cb26f
                Copyright © 84 th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science & Technology | Oct. 29 – Nov. 3, 2021 | Salt Lake City, UT. Author(s) retain copyright, but ASIS&T receives an exclusive publication license.
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                This article is being made freely available through PubMed Central as part of the COVID-19 public health emergency response. It can be used for unrestricted research re-use and analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source, for the duration of the public health emergency.

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                Figures: 0, Tables: 2, Pages: 3, Words: 1500
                Categories
                Subject: Posters
                Subject: Posters
                Custom metadata
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                cover-date 2021
                details-of-publishers-convertor Converter:WILEY_ML3GV2_TO_JATSPMC version:6.0.9 mode:remove_FC converted:06.12.2021

                Keywords: fake news regulation,infectious diseases,misinformation,rumours,social media
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                Keywords: fake news regulation, infectious diseases, misinformation, rumours, social media

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