Prevention of Covid-19 Health Rumors Based on Elder Users Oriented Serious Games

ABSTRACT

This paper concerns health rumors that emerged during the outbreak of novel coronavirus. A serious game was designed as an experimental program for the prevention and control of health rumors. This covers two parts that include the TCP model for the games and cognitive questionnaires. The relevant variables of the experimental study are defined and the hypothesis is proposed. Two hundred experimental subjects are selected to participate in the experiments. Through the collection of relevant data in the experiments, statistical observations and comparative analysis are conducted to test whether the experimental hypothesis can be established. In addition, influence factors for the judgment and recognition of health rumors are considered in the comparison and analysis. © 2021 IEEE.