IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, FIX IT: an experimental study on health news in G1 and WhatsApp

GRAMACHO, WLADIMIR; GARCIA, REBECA; BEHNKE, EMILLY; GOMES, VICTOR

doi:10.25200/BJR.v18n2.2022.1488

WLADIMIR GRAMACHO

Universidade de Brasília, Brasília – Distrito Federal – Brazil

WLADIMIR GRAMACHO. Holds a PhD in political science from the University of Salamanca (Spain). He is coordinator of the Research Center in Political Communication and Public Health (CPS) at the University of Brasília (UnB) and an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Communication at the same institution. Collaboration in this article: conception and design of the study; collection, analysis and interpretation of data; discussion of results; writing the manuscript; review and approval of the final version of the paper. E-mail: wggramacho@unb.br

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7159-3339

REBECA GARCIA

Universidade de Brasília, Brasília – Distrito Federal – Brazil

REBECA GARCIA. She is a journalism graduated from the University of Brasília (Brazil). She was a performance manager at the Caixa Econômica Federal Media Center and at Correio Braziliense. She is the current performance manager at Street Mídia and a CPS contributor at UnB. Collaboration in this article: conception and design of the study; collection, analysis and interpretation of data; discussion of results; writing the manuscript; review and approval of the final version of the paper. E-mail: rebs.meireles@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3027-7070

EMILLY BEHNKE

Universidade de Brasília, Brasília – Distrito Federal – Brazil

EMILLY BEHNKE. Journalism graduate from the University of Brasília (Brazil). She was a member of the real-time journalism team at Broadcast Politico da Agência Estado and has collaborated with the Estadão and Correio Braziliense newspapers. Currently, she is a reporter for the Poder360 website. Collaboration in this article: conception and design of the study; discussion of results; writing the manuscript; review and approval of the final version of the paper. E-mail: emillybehnke@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3993-2353

VICTOR GOMES

Universidade de Brasília, Brasília – Distrito Federal – Brazil

VICTOR GOMES. MA student of political science at the University of Brasília (Brazil). He also holds a journalism degree from the same institution and works as an analyst at UnB’s Center for Research in Political Communication and Public Health (CPS). Collaboration in this article: discussion of the results; writing the manuscript; review and approval of the final version of the paper. E-mail: victorligo@gmail.com

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4633-0876

WLADIMIR GRAMACHO. Holds a PhD in political science from the University of Salamanca (Spain). He is coordinator of the Research Center in Political Communication and Public Health (CPS) at the University of Brasília (UnB) and an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Communication at the same institution. Collaboration in this article: conception and design of the study; collection, analysis and interpretation of data; discussion of results; writing the manuscript; review and approval of the final version of the paper. E-mail: wggramacho@unb.br

REBECA GARCIA. She is a journalism graduated from the University of Brasília (Brazil). She was a performance manager at the Caixa Econômica Federal Media Center and at Correio Braziliense. She is the current performance manager at Street Mídia and a CPS contributor at UnB. Collaboration in this article: conception and design of the study; collection, analysis and interpretation of data; discussion of results; writing the manuscript; review and approval of the final version of the paper. E-mail: rebs.meireles@gmail.com

EMILLY BEHNKE. Journalism graduate from the University of Brasília (Brazil). She was a member of the real-time journalism team at Broadcast Politico da Agência Estado and has collaborated with the Estadão and Correio Braziliense newspapers. Currently, she is a reporter for the Poder360 website. Collaboration in this article: conception and design of the study; discussion of results; writing the manuscript; review and approval of the final version of the paper. E-mail: emillybehnke@gmail.com

VICTOR GOMES. MA student of political science at the University of Brasília (Brazil). He also holds a journalism degree from the same institution and works as an analyst at UnB’s Center for Research in Political Communication and Public Health (CPS). Collaboration in this article: discussion of the results; writing the manuscript; review and approval of the final version of the paper. E-mail: victorligo@gmail.com

Desk Review Editor: Lia Seixas

TRANSLATED BY: LEE SHARP

Variable	Values	Descriptive Statistics
Gender	Male	47.3%
Gender	Female	52.7%
Age (years)		Average=36.1 (DP=12.2)
Education	Only Elementary	3.8%
	High School	37.1%
	Higher Education	59.0%
	Did not respond	0.1%
Region	Mid-west	8.6%
	Northeast	27.4%
	North	7.5%
	Southeast	40.6%
	South	16.0%
Main information medium	Internet	70.8%
	TV	25.7%
	Other	3.5%
N (Number of respondents)		1,648

Original version	Version with minor errors	Version with major errors
Learn more about who should and who should not be vaccinated for yellow fever.	Learn more about who should and who should not vaccinate themselves for yellow fever.	Learn more about who should and should not vaccinate themselves against yellow fever.
(…) who have not yet been vaccinated and are exposed to forested areas.	(...) who have not yet been vaccinated and expose themselves to forested areas.	(...) who have not yet been vaccinated and are exposing themselves to forested areas.
A single dose of the vaccine provides lifelong protection (...)	A single dose of the vaccine provides a lifelong protection (...)	A single dose of the vaccine is providing a lifelong protection (...)
There are other people (...)	There are others people (...)	There are others people (...)
(...) or are moving to areas with yellow fever cases (...)	(...) or are moving to areas of yellow fever cases (...)	(...) or are moving to case areas of yellow fever (...)
(...) such as people who have a severe allergic reaction to eggs.	(...) such as people who has a severe allergic reaction to eggs.	(...) such as people whom has severe allergic reaction to eggs.
See the Ministry of Health website (...)	See website of Ministry of Health (...)	See website of Ministry of Health (...)

Dependent Variables	N	Min.	Max.	Average	Standard Deviation
Credibility of news	1.648	1	7	5.86	1.35
Advise friends and family	1.648	1	7	5.96	1.54
Advise friends and family over 60	1.648	1	7	5.56	1.90
Advise friends and family who are pregnant	1.648	1	7	5.53	1.96
Advise friends and family who have children	1.648	1	7	5.96	1.55
Get the vaccine	688^* * People who had already been vaccinated at the time of the study were excluded from this analysis.	1	7	4.93	2.16

Dependent variable	Constant	Media Outlet	Report	Media outlet^* * p<0,05; report	R² adjustment
Credibility of news	.951^* ***** p<0,001;	.025^* ***** p<0,001;	.002	.006^a a p=0.054.	.026
Advise friends and family	.937^* ***** p<0,001;	.005^ p<0,01;	.001	.000	.002
Advise friends and family over 60	.895^* ***** p<0,001;	.002^* * p<0,05;	.002	.002	.001
Advise friends and family who are pregnant	.888^* ***** p<0,001;	.002	.001	.002	.001
Advise friends and family who have children	.936^* ***** p<0,001;	.005^ p<0,01;	.001	.001	.001
Get the vaccine	.838^* ***** p<0,001;	.004	.007	.008	.007

[1] WLADIMIR GRAMACHO. Holds a PhD in political science from the University of Salamanca (Spain). He is coordinator of the Research Center in Political Communication and Public Health (CPS) at the University of Brasília (UnB) and an adjunct professor at the Faculty of Communication at the same institution. Collaboration in this article: conception and design of the study; collection, analysis and interpretation of data; discussion of results; writing the manuscript; review and approval of the final version of the paper. E-mail: wggramacho@unb.br

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