TY - JOUR T1 - Investigating the Role of Perceived Information Overload on COVID-19 Fear: A Moderation Role of Fake News Related to COVID-19. AU - Zhang,Chong, AU - Cao,Tong, AU - Ali,Asad, Y1 - 2022/06/17/ PY - 2022/04/27/received PY - 2022/05/23/accepted PY - 2022/7/5/entrez PY - 2022/7/6/pubmed PY - 2022/7/6/medline KW - COVID-19 KW - COVID-19 fear KW - fake news KW - information overload KW - social media SP - 930088 EP - 930088 JF - Frontiers in psychology JO - Front Psychol VL - 13 N2 - During crises and uncertain situations such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, social media plays a key function because it allows people to seek and share news, as well as personal views and ideas with each other in real time globally. Past research has highlighted the implications of social media during disease outbreaks; nevertheless, this study refers to the possible negative effects of social media usage by individuals in the developing country during the COVID-19 epidemic lockdown. Specifically, this study investigates the COVID-19 fear using the survey data collected from a developing country. In total, 880 entries were used to analyze the COVID-19 fear using the AMOS software. Findings indicated that information-seeking and sharing behavior of individuals on social media has a significant impact on perceived COVID-19 information overload. Perceived COVID-19 information overload has a positive impact on COVID-19 fear. In addition, fake news related to COVID-19 strengthens the relationship between perceived COVID-19 information overload and COVID-19 fear. The implication and limitations of the study are also discussed in the final section of the study. SN - 1664-1078 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/35783784/Investigating_the_Role_of_Perceived_Information_Overload_on_COVID_19_Fear:_A_Moderation_Role_of_Fake_News_Related_to_COVID_19_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -