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ArticleHealth communication2025

Exploring the role of culture and cognitive heuristics in assessing the credibility of cancer (mis)information on Facebook among U.S. Latinos/as.

Yonaira M Rivera, Meghan B Moran, Katherine C Smith

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Article in Health communication, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors.

Yonaira M RiveraDepartment of Communication, School of Communication & Information, Rutgers University.ORCID 0000-0002-5041-5250
Meghan B MoranDepartment of Health, Behavior & Society, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.
Katherine C SmithDepartment of Health, Behavior & Society, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health.

Funding

University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Support Grant ECIA SupplementP30CA177558 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI Bernard Mark Evers · 2013 to 2026
$38.3M
INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY FELLOWSHIPT32CA009314 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI Corinne E. Joshu, Meghan Bridgid Moran · 1985 to 2026
$11.2M
Exploring cancer prevention and screening message engagement on Facebook among U.S. LatinosF31CA224615 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI RIVERA, YONAIRA · 2018 to 2019
$90k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA224615NCI NIH HHS P30 CA177558NCI NIH HHS T32 CA009314
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As health misinformation continues to permeate social media, it is of utmost importance to understand how credibility assessments are made among those most vulnerable to health inequities. Dual-processing models suggest that online credibility assessments are largely made through the use of cognitive heuristics. However, little is known about the role cultural identity plays in these assessments, particularly in light of health (mis)information exposure among communities of color. This mixed-methods study explores the role of culture and cognitive heuristics in how a sample of Latinos/as assessed the credibility of cancer prevention and screening information on Facebook, and the quality of cancer information they were exposed to on their accounts. Participants (

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CognitionCultureHeuristicsHispanic or LatinoNeoplasmsSocial MediaAdultFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedUnited States

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PMID40308160
PMCPMC12351634

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