Role of social media during the Covid-19 pandemic as an information source

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Dear participant,

As researchers from National University of Public Service, we would like to create a research about the role of social media during the pandemic. We would like to come up with alternative solutions on how to spread correct and trusted information to the large public.
By doing this survey, you will help us understand more social media's impact from an individual view.

With this survey we would like to get answers and shread light on the impact of social media during the pandemic from the users' perspective. One of the challanges of the pandemic comes from social media and the spread of misinformation. Unfortunately blocking, or banning pages or people who spread misinformation is not a working solution, because they can easily register back and continue what they did before. We want to come up with better solutions on how to spread the right information to people via social media. But first we want to understand the users' perspective.

Filling out this survey will take around 10 minutes.

Disclaimer: We are not sharing any information towards third parties, your answers are anonym.

Matyas I.
National University of Public Service (Hungary)
Faculty of Military Science

1.) Age *

< 14

15-17

18-20

21-23

24-26

27-29

30+

2.) Residence (continent) *

3.) Educational attainment *

Elementary school

High School

College/University

Doctoral degree

I prefer not to answer

4) About the Covid-19 pandemic, I primarily use the following platform to gather information *

Governmental official website

Government's official social media page/site (e.g.: Twitter: White house, or Facebook: European Parliament)

Facebook (from friends' posts)

Facebook (from group or pages I follow)

Instagram

Tumblr

Friends via a social media paltform (group chats/private messages/direct messages)

Personal contact

5.) Government should be primarily communicating ______________ *

on social mediaplatforms from official pages (e.g.: Twitter: White house, or Facebook: European Parliament)

on a independent governmental website

via influencers, or within popular social media groups

none of these are acceptable for me

6.) I accept and treat the information I see (without cross-checking) as true, if *

it is shared by a page that I follow

it is shared by an influencer I follow

it is shared by a governmental webpage

it is shared by a friend

In neither case

Required

7.) If you cross-check information from social media, MAINLY how? *

I google it

I check out social media groups or influencers that I follow

I ask it in social media (group chats, private messages, posts)

I check the government's official social media site/page

I check the government's website

Other:

8.) Do you comment, or share information that you heard from others regarding the pandemic *

Yes

9.) If you do, at what cases?

If it is from a page or influencer that I follow (or a group that I am part of)

If it is from a friend I trust

If I see a comment on a government's official page, that could be helpful towards others

If I see a post on a government's official page, that could be helpful towards others

Other:

10.) I trust the content that influencers share who I follow

Yes, in all cases

Yes, if I heard about it or if I believe in it

Clear selection

11.) If an influencer who I follow would be blocked by a governmental actor due to spreading misinformation *

I'll accept the authorities' decision

I'll protest it on social media, that this is not right

I'll support the government's decision

I'll support the influencer I follow

Neither applies to me (not interested in influencers/about this)

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