Visual Selective Attention System to Intervene User Attention in Sharing COVID-19 Misinformation

Information sharing on social media must be accompanied by attentive behavior so that in a distorted digital environment, users are not rushed and distracted deciding to share information. The spread of misinformation, especially those related the COVID-19, can divide create negative effects falsehood society. Individuals also cause feelings fear, health anxiety, confusion treatment COVID-19. Although much research has focused understanding human judgment from psychological underline, few have addressed essential issue screening phase what technology interfere amidst users' attention This aims intervene user's with visual selective approach. study uses quantitative method through studies 1 2 pre-and post-intervention experiments. In 1, we intervened user decisions stimulating ten information misinformation using Visual Selective Attention System (VSAS) tool. Study 2, identified associations tendencies evaluating Implicit Association Test (IAT). significant results showed decision improved after VSAS. IAT show change association exposure, where intervention VSAS, tend about expected basis for developing applications combat impact infodemic COVID-19 misinformation.