![]() ![]() In developing countries, residents have started to use Online Social Networks (OSN) such as Facebook to share concerns and seek solutions. Positive interactions with police help residents to feel safe. Safety is a concern for most urban communities residents interact in multiple ways with the police to address their safety concerns. In comparison to fact-checks about the latest COVID-19 news, government actions received fewer shares, while social conditions received more shares. For central cues, content importance positively predicts the number of shares. ![]() ![]() Fact-checks posted by Central Government social media accounts receive more shares than local government accounts. Compared with the push strategy, both the pull strategy and networking strategy facilitate greater fact-check sharing. For peripheral cues, social media capital and media richness significantly promote the number of shares. Results show that both peripheral and central cues play important roles in the sharing of fact-checks. In total, 820 COVID-19 fact-checks from 413 Chinese Government Sina Weibo accounts were obtained and evaluated. Based on the elaboration likelihood model, we explore the effects of peripheral cues (social media capital, social media strategy, media richness, and source credibility) and central cues (content theme and content importance) on the number of shares of fact-checks posted by official Chinese Government social media accounts. ![]() This study aims to investigate why citizens share fact-checks about COVID-19 and how to promote this activity. To fight the spread of misinformation, Chinese governments have used official social media accounts to participate in fact-checking activities. Widespread misinformation about COVID-19 poses a significant threat to citizens long-term health and the combating of the disease. ![]()
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