Intentions to trust and share online health rumors: An experiment with medical professionals

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Highlights:

• Medical professionals' personal involvement predicted their rumoring behavior.

• Medical professionals were more likely to spread dread rumors than wish ones.

• Counter-rumors lowered trust intention but not share intention for rumors.

• Rumor type moderated the relation between personal involvement and intentions.

摘要

•Medical professionals' personal involvement predicted their rumoring behavior.•Medical professionals were more likely to spread dread rumors than wish ones.•Counter-rumors lowered trust intention but not share intention for rumors.•Rumor type moderated the relation between personal involvement and intentions.

论文关键词:Cancer,Digital health,Information seeking,Rumor,Trust,Share

论文评审过程:Received 7 March 2018, Accepted 15 May 2018, Available online 16 May 2018, Version of Record 21 May 2018.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.05.021