Who’s afraid of the COVID Vaccine? Fake news, information overload on social media and ideological polarization

This paper provides empirical evidence about varying levels of trust in anti-Covid vaccines amongst Italian citizens. We problematize the issue of trust at the crossroads between three strands of literature.…

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Who’s afraid of the COVID Vaccine? Fake news, information overload on social media and ideological polarization

SISP Conference 2021 (Società Italiana di Scienza Politica) 09-11/09/2021 Online Conference Section 5 - Political Communication (Panel 5.10 Covid-19. La comunicazione di una pandemia) Presentation: Who's afraid of the COVID…

Continue ReadingWho’s afraid of the COVID Vaccine? Fake news, information overload on social media and ideological polarization

If you are home alone, trust the right folks! The effects of exposure to news, engagement in discussion, and trust on the knowledge about the Covid-19 among locked-down Italians.

ECREA Political Communication Section Interim Conference National University of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest 26 - 27/03 2021 Sezione: Communicating crisis - Political communication in the age of uncertainty…

Continue ReadingIf you are home alone, trust the right folks! The effects of exposure to news, engagement in discussion, and trust on the knowledge about the Covid-19 among locked-down Italians.