{"id":178,"date":"2021-01-15T16:53:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-15T15:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/diplab\/?page_id=178"},"modified":"2025-01-20T12:09:01","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T12:09:01","slug":"covid-misinformation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/diplab\/covid-misinformation\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID Misinformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A British Academy-funded project on COVID Misinformation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Adolescents face a reduced risk of severe symptoms from the novel coronavirus, yet there is some evidence that youth can transmit the virus at the same rate as adults. Until an evidence-based consensus is reached regarding transmission, it will be important to promote adherence to public health practices (e.g. social distancing, hand washing) among adolescents. Crucially, there is a need for research exploring how adolescents themselves reason about these issues. <strong>This project examines adolescents\u2019 reasoning about public health practices and whether this is related to behavioural intentions to engage with these practices.<\/strong> Relatedly, this project examines how misinformation can impact adolescents\u2019 reasoning and public health behavioural intentions. Together this evidence will inform the communication of COVID-19 related information in order to promote youth engagement with public health practices and challenge the potential consequences of misinformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A British Academy-funded project on COVID Misinformation &nbsp; Adolescents face a reduced risk of severe symptoms from the novel coronavirus, yet there is some evidence that youth can transmit the virus at the same rate as adults. 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