سلوك المصريين في البحث عن المعلومات الخاصة ب كوفيد-19 : دراسة تحليلية

Abstract EN

Misinformation was classified as one of the top 10 dangerous global threats to humanity, and in mid-2020, social media plays a key role in flourished and spread misinformation about Covid-19.

Study aimed to define and analyze Egyptians’ behavior toward information related to Covid-19, as it has a direct impact on increasing citizen awareness and thus limiting the epidemiological spread of the virus.

Based on the survey method for data collection, the questionnaire was utilized as a basic survey tool by following snowball technology to reach the largest possible number of beneficiaries.

The most important result of the study is that 92.4% of the study population interested in knowing all news and developments about the Covid-19 virus, while 57% of the study population approved the official Egyptian government website (Care.gov.eg) as the 1st source and 72.2% agreed that the site supports awareness to limit the spread of Covid-19, 75% of the audience fully trusted all the data and statistics presented by this site.

Exploring information about Covid-19, Egyptians put social networking sites in the 2nd place, followed by television, then the World Health Organization website, then friends and WhatsApp groups, and the radio came in the last place.

As well as the study found that those who rely on social media, increased their use by 37.5% over their normal use to find reliable information about Covid-19.