Misinformation perceptions related to global crises such as COVID-19 can have negative ramifications for democracy. Beliefs related to the prevalence of falsehoods may increase news avoidance or even vaccine hesitancy – a problematic context for successful interventions and policymaking. To explore how misinformation beliefs developed over a six-month pandemic period and how they corresponded to (digital) media preferences and selective exposure to the news, we rely on a five-wave panel survey conducted in the Netherlands (N =1,742). Our main findings show that misinformation perceptions got more pronounced as the pandemic evolved. Social media use related to more pronounced misinformation beliefs within waves, whereas mainstream news use corresponded to less pronounced misinformation beliefs. An important implication for journalists and policymakers is to lower the over-time accumulation of misinformation perceptions, for example, by increasing transparency and acknowledging “honest mistakes.”

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随着时间的推移会产生信任吗？六个月内与 COVID-19 相关的错误信息认知的发展：来自荷兰五波小组调查研究的证据

与 COVID-19 等全球危机相关的错误信息认知可能会对民主产生负面影响。与谎言盛行相关的信念可能会增加人们对新闻的回避甚至对疫苗的犹豫——这对于成功的干预和政策制定来说是一个有问题的背景。为了探索错误信息信念在六个月的大流行期间是如何形成的，以及它们如何与（数字）媒体偏好和新闻选择性接触相对应，我们依靠在荷兰进行的五波小组调查（N = 1,742）。我们的主要发现表明，随着疫情的发展，错误信息认知变得更加明显。社交媒体的使用与浪潮中更明显的错误信息信念相关，而主流新闻的使用则与不太明显的错误信息信念相关。