Seismic rumors can mislead the public and trigger unnecessary actions,underscoring the importance of their control in disaster management.This study examined the impact of two diff erent intervention tools—rule-based...Seismic rumors can mislead the public and trigger unnecessary actions,underscoring the importance of their control in disaster management.This study examined the impact of two diff erent intervention tools—rule-based intervention and knowledge-based intervention—on the trust and sharing of seismic rumors.We designed a survey experiment to explore this issue,and 500 respondents participated in the experiment.The results indicate that the rule-based intervention signifi cantly reduced the public's trust in and intention to share seismic rumors,but the knowledge-based intervention failed.Possible mechanisms are that the rule-based intervention raises awareness of the unreliability of disaster information sources and costs associated with sharing rumors.It is suggested that communicating the existing rules and policies regarding disaster information release might be an eff ective approach to rendering disaster rumors uncreditable and then reducing people's intention to share.These fi ndings enrich our understanding of the eff ectiveness of diff erent intervention tools regarding rumor behavior in disaster scenarios and off er insights for practical seismic rumor management.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.72204051 and 72104089)Guangdong Office of Philosophy and Social Science(Grant No.GD20YGL15)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.23JNQN08)。
文摘Seismic rumors can mislead the public and trigger unnecessary actions,underscoring the importance of their control in disaster management.This study examined the impact of two diff erent intervention tools—rule-based intervention and knowledge-based intervention—on the trust and sharing of seismic rumors.We designed a survey experiment to explore this issue,and 500 respondents participated in the experiment.The results indicate that the rule-based intervention signifi cantly reduced the public's trust in and intention to share seismic rumors,but the knowledge-based intervention failed.Possible mechanisms are that the rule-based intervention raises awareness of the unreliability of disaster information sources and costs associated with sharing rumors.It is suggested that communicating the existing rules and policies regarding disaster information release might be an eff ective approach to rendering disaster rumors uncreditable and then reducing people's intention to share.These fi ndings enrich our understanding of the eff ectiveness of diff erent intervention tools regarding rumor behavior in disaster scenarios and off er insights for practical seismic rumor management.
