https://socictopen.socict.org/files/original/4ffdfa9a3e0b0bae5c24a9b1a691e6d9.pdf 0b5fc7c965be220df9d00b283941821b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Coronavirus Description An account of the resource Dominio científico: Coronavirus Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stigma and misconceptions in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic: A field experiment in India. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Asad Islam, Debayan Pakrashi, Michael Vlassopoulos, Liang Choon Wang Description An account of the resource A hidden cost of the COVID-19 pandemic is the stigma associated with the disease for those infected and groups that are considered as more likely to be infected. This paper examines whether the provision of accurate and focused information about COVID-19 from a reliable source can reduce stigmatization. We carry out a randomized field experiment in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, in which we provide an information brief about COVID-19 by phone to a random subsample of participants to address stigma and misconceptions. We find that the information brief decreases stigmatization of COVID-19 patients and certain groups such as religious minorities, lower-caste groups, and frontline workers (healthcare, police), and reduces the belief that infection cases are more prevalent among certain marginalized social and economic groups (Muslims, low caste, rural-poor population). We provide suggestive evidence that improved knowledge about the prevention and transmission of COVID-19 and reduced stress about the disease are important channels for the reduction in stigmatization. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 Subject The topic of the resource covid-19, Stigma, information, infodemics, misconceptions, experiment Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113966 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Social science & medicine (1982)