| dc.contributor.author | Bowles, Jeremy | |
| dc.contributor.author | Larreguy, Horacio | |
| dc.contributor.author | Liu, Shelley | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-11-24T16:45:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-05 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bowles, Jeremy, Horacio Larreguy, and Shelley Liu. “Countering Misinformation Via WhatsApp: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe.” CID Working Paper Series 2020.380, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, May 2020. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://nrs.harvard.edu/URN-3:HUL.INSTREPOS:37366416 | * |
| dc.description.abstract | We examine how information from trusted social media sources can shape knowledge and behavior when misinformation and mistrust are widespread. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe, we partnered with a trusted civil society organization to randomize the timing of the dissemination of messages aimed at targeting misinformation about the COVID-19 virus to 27,000 newsletter WhatsApp subscribers. We examine how exposure to these messages affects individual beliefs about how to deal with the COVID-19 virus and preventative behavior. The results show that social media messaging from trusted sources may have substantively large effects on not only individual knowledge but also ultimately on related behavior. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Center for International Development at Harvard University | en_US |
| dc.relation.isversionof | https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/publications | en_US |
| dash.license | LAA | |
| dc.title | Countering Misinformation Via WhatsApp: Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Zimbabwe | en_US |
| dc.type | Research Paper or Report | en_US |
| dc.description.version | Accepted Manuscript | en_US |
| dc.relation.journal | CID Working Paper Series | en_US |
| dc.date.available | 2020-11-24T16:45:56Z | |
