id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-254191-5cxv9l3c Islam, A.K.M. Najmul Misinformation sharing and social media fatigue during COVID-19: An affordance and cognitive load perspective 2020-07-12 .txt text/plain 11923 668 49 Building off the affordance lens and cognitive load theory, we investigate how motivational factors and personal attributes influence social media fatigue and the sharing of unverified information during the COVID-19 pandemic. The lack of critique on thoughts and the amplification of radical ideas by the virtual echo-chambers created by social media have been claimed to contribute to increased dissemination of misinformation (Barberá et al., T During COVID-19, clear communication of the severity of the situation and recommended health measures was needed to ensure people took correct action and did not suffer from unnecessary anxiety (Farooq et al., 2020) . From Table 2 , DS-R is the most critical predictor followed by exploration, self-promotion, religiosity, SMF, and entertainment in predicting unverified information sharing. We found that SMF, self-promotion, entertainment, exploration, DS-R, and religiosity all predicted unverified COVID-19 information sharing on social media. ./cache/cord-254191-5cxv9l3c.txt ./txt/cord-254191-5cxv9l3c.txt