The relationship between trust and attitudes towards the COVID-19 digital contact-tracing app in the UK

Liz Dowthwaite; Hanne Gesine Wagner; Camilla May Babbage; Joel E. Fischer; Pepita Barnard; Elena Nichele; Elvira Perez Vallejos; Jeremie Clos; Virginia Portillo; Derek McAuley

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0276661

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The relationship between trust and attitudes towards the COVID-19 digital contact-tracing app in the UK

Liz Dowthwaite ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: liz.dowthwaite@nottingham.ac.uk

Affiliation Horizon Digital Economy Research, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9269-2849

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Hanne Gesine Wagner,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Horizon Digital Economy Research, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom, Mixed Reality Lab, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Camilla May Babbage,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation NIHR MindTech MedTech Co-operative, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6337-3352

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Joel E. Fischer,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mixed Reality Lab, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Pepita Barnard,

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Horizon Digital Economy Research, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
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Elena Nichele,

Roles Conceptualization, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Horizon Digital Economy Research, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0755-1342

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Elvira Perez Vallejos,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Psychiatry and Applied Psychology, Nottingham University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Jeremie Clos,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
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Virginia Portillo,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Horizon Digital Economy Research, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
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Derek McAuley

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition

Affiliation Horizon Digital Economy Research, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9159-9933

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The relationship between trust and attitudes towards the COVID-19 digital contact-tracing app in the UK

Liz Dowthwaite,
Hanne Gesine Wagner,
Camilla May Babbage,
Joel E. Fischer,
Pepita Barnard,
Elena Nichele,
Elvira Perez Vallejos,
Jeremie Clos,
Virginia Portillo,
Derek McAuley

Published: October 27, 2022
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276661

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