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View article: Generative AI and misinformation: a scoping review of the role of generative AI in the generation, detection, mitigation, and impact of misinformation
Generative AI and misinformation: a scoping review of the role of generative AI in the generation, detection, mitigation, and impact of misinformation Open
The rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence (AI) has introduced both opportunities and challenges in the fight against misinformation. This scoping review synthesizes recent empirical studies to explore the dual role of gen…
View article: Normative influence in a time of distrust and polarization: how perceived social norms predict COVID-19 vaccination intentions among Black Americans
Normative influence in a time of distrust and polarization: how perceived social norms predict COVID-19 vaccination intentions among Black Americans Open
This study examined the impact of social norms—descriptive, injunctive, and subjective norms—on COVID-19 vaccination intentions among Black Americans. It also investigated how Black Americans affiliated with Democrats and Republicans perce…
View article: Large Language Models Are More Persuasive Than Incentivized Human Persuaders
Large Language Models Are More Persuasive Than Incentivized Human Persuaders Open
We directly compare the persuasion capabilities of a frontier large language model (LLM; Claude Sonnet 3.5) against incentivized human persuaders in an interactive, real-time conversational quiz setting. In this preregistered, large-scale …
View article: COVID‐19
COVID‐19 Open
COVID‐19 is a highly contagious disease first identified in December 2019 and has caused a pandemic of respiratory illness. During a global public health crisis like this one, health communication serves an instrumental role in controlling…
View article: Is Health Misinformation Harmful? A Systematic Review of the Psychological and Behavioral Impact of Beliefs in and Exposure to Health Misinformation
Is Health Misinformation Harmful? A Systematic Review of the Psychological and Behavioral Impact of Beliefs in and Exposure to Health Misinformation Open
Concerns are rising about the detrimental impact of health misinformation. Yet it is unclear whether and how health misinformation exerts harmful effects on individual well-being. We conducted a systematic review of published empirical stu…
View article: Boosting vaccination: Accelerating vaccine uptake through communication science
Boosting vaccination: Accelerating vaccine uptake through communication science Open
Effective public health messages about vaccination can bolster human vaccine uptake to prevent the spread of infectious diseases. Despite this potentiality, the One Health framework that values an interdependent approach to health has not …
View article: Defining Health Misinformation
Defining Health Misinformation Open
In light of the ongoing debate about the nature of misinformation and the urgent need for a clear definition of health misinformation, this chapter aims to critically review current definitions of health misinformation, identify key challe…
View article: Why Do People Believe Health Misinformation and Who Is at Risk? A Systematic Review of Individual Differences in Susceptibility to Health Misinformation
Why Do People Believe Health Misinformation and Who Is at Risk? A Systematic Review of Individual Differences in Susceptibility to Health Misinformation Open
Health misinformation poses a significant threat to public health. Understanding why people believe health misinformation and who are at risk is crucial for developing effective interventions to reduce the harmful impact of misinformation.…
View article: Health Misinformation
Health Misinformation Open
Research on health misinformation has grown rapidly as concerns about the potential harmful effects of health misinformation on individuals and society intensify amid a “post-truth” era. In this chapter, we provide a broad overview of curr…
View article: Emotion and Virality of Food Safety Risk Communication Messages on Social Media
Emotion and Virality of Food Safety Risk Communication Messages on Social Media Open
This study investigates how the emotional tone of food safety risk communication messages predicts message virality on social media. Through a professional Internet content tracking service, we gathered news articles written about the 2018…
View article: African American Parents’ Perceived Vaccine Efficacy Moderates the Effect of Message Framing on Psychological Reactance to HPV Vaccine Advocacy
African American Parents’ Perceived Vaccine Efficacy Moderates the Effect of Message Framing on Psychological Reactance to HPV Vaccine Advocacy Open
This experiment assessed how the frame of promotional vaccine messages elicited psychological reactance differently for African American parents according to their level of perceived vaccine efficacy. We found that those with low perceived…
View article: Self-Affirmation Does Not Change Smokers’ Explicit or Implicit Attitudes Toward Smoking Following Exposure to Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels
Self-Affirmation Does Not Change Smokers’ Explicit or Implicit Attitudes Toward Smoking Following Exposure to Graphic Cigarette Warning Labels Open
Self-affirmation has shown promise in promoting pro-health attitudes following exposure to threatening health messages by reducing defensive processing of such messages. We examine the impact of self-affirmation prior to viewing graphic ci…
View article: Introduction to the Special Issue on “Public Health Communication in an Age of COVID-19”
Introduction to the Special Issue on “Public Health Communication in an Age of COVID-19” Open
In May 2020, we announced the Health Communication special issue Call for Papers (“Public Health Communication in an Age of COVID-19”). The special issue was envisioned to include both invited comm...
View article: Social media use and human papillomavirus awareness and knowledge among adults with children in the household: examining the role of race, ethnicity, and gender
Social media use and human papillomavirus awareness and knowledge among adults with children in the household: examining the role of race, ethnicity, and gender Open
Increased social media use is associated with an increased awareness of HPV and HPV vaccine for adults with children in the household. Social media-based efforts can be utilized to increase knowledge of the benefits of HPV vaccination as c…
View article: HPV Vaccine Searches on Pinterest: Before and After Pinterest’s Actions to Moderate Content
HPV Vaccine Searches on Pinterest: Before and After Pinterest’s Actions to Moderate Content Open
Objectives. To compare how human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination was portrayed on Pinterest before and after the platform acted to moderate vaccine-related search results to understand (1) what the information environment looked like prev…
View article: How Thinking about the Future Affects Our Decisions in the Present: Effects of Time Orientation and Episodic Future Thinking on Responses to Health Warning Messages
How Thinking about the Future Affects Our Decisions in the Present: Effects of Time Orientation and Episodic Future Thinking on Responses to Health Warning Messages Open
Past research has consistently shown that people have the tendency to discount future outcomes. However, most health messages emphasize the long-term consequences of behaviors. Building upon past research on temporal discounting, time orie…
View article: The role of trust in health information from medical authorities in accepting the HPV vaccine among African American parents
The role of trust in health information from medical authorities in accepting the HPV vaccine among African American parents Open
This research examines how and why trust in health information from medical authorities (i.e., doctors or health care professionals and government health agencies) predicts acceptance of the HPV vaccine for one's child among African Americ…
View article: Parental Support for HPV Vaccination Mandates Among African Americans: The Impact of Message Framing and Consideration of Future Consequences
Parental Support for HPV Vaccination Mandates Among African Americans: The Impact of Message Framing and Consideration of Future Consequences Open
Is parents' support for mandating human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for their adolescent children influenced by how the policy advocacy message is framed? In this research, we conducted an experiment in which a group of African-Americ…
View article: The Effects of Consideration of Future Consequences on HPV Vaccine-Related Attitudes and Intentions
The Effects of Consideration of Future Consequences on HPV Vaccine-Related Attitudes and Intentions Open
The present research examined the predictability of personality traits－in terms of consideration of future consequences (CFC)－with respect to human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination. A cross-sectional online survey was conducted with 124 co…
View article: Asian Americans’ Cancer Information Seeking, Fatalistic Belief, and Perceived Risk: Current Status and Relationships with Cancer Prevention and Detection Behaviors
Asian Americans’ Cancer Information Seeking, Fatalistic Belief, and Perceived Risk: Current Status and Relationships with Cancer Prevention and Detection Behaviors Open
This study pursues four research goals: (1) to examine Asian Americans and Asian ethnic groups’ (i.e., Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese) information seeking, fatalistic belief, and perceived risk of cancer, in comparison t…