Abstract
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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Tan, M., & Chua, A. Y. K. (2021). Students’ Motivations for Not Sharing Rumours during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Singapore. In Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology (Vol. 58, pp. 842–844). John Wiley and Sons Inc. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.582
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