Understanding self-protective behaviors during COVID-19 Pandemic: Integrating the theory of planned behavior and O-S–O-R model DOI Open Access
Yu Guo, Hongzhe Xiang, Yuhan Wang

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Current Psychology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 43(13), P. 12071 - 12083

Published: Feb. 16, 2023

Language: Английский

The Emotional Impact of COVID-19 News Reporting: A Longitudinal Study Using Natural Language Processing DOI Creative Commons
Simon Evans, Rosalind Jones, Erkan Alkan

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Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 2023, P. 1 - 16

Published: March 9, 2023

The emotional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing social restrictions has been profound, with widespread negative effects on mental health. We made use natural language processing large-scale Twitter data to explore this in depth, identifying emotions news content user reactions it, how these evolved over course pandemic. focused major UK channels, constructing a dataset COVID-related tweets (tweets from organisations) comments response these, covering Jan 2020 April 2021. Natural was used analyse topics levels anger, joy, optimism, sadness. Overall, sadness most prevalent emotion tweets, but seen decline timeframe under study. In contrast, amongst anger overall emotion. Time epochs were defined according time restrictions, some interesting emerged regarding these. Further, correlation analysis revealed significant positive correlations between expressed response, across all channels studied. Results provide unique insight onto dominant present as unfolded. Correspondence tweet highlights potential effect online users points strategies combat health

Language: Английский

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The Impact of Fake News on Social Media Users During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Health, Political and Religious Conflicts: A Deep Look DOI Creative Commons
Ahmed Redha Mahlous

International Journal of Religion, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 5(2), P. 481 - 492

Published: Feb. 28, 2024

In this new era of inter-connectedness, the COVID-19 outbreak has been characterized by a rapid surge misinformation — or “fake news” about disease on social media, exacerbating its negative psychological impacts and hindering public health efforts. By providing easy access to sharing information in real time, media is considered main channel for distribution fake news. viewpoint, we try find news related users propose strategies limiting spread. regard, set out four key objectives: studying evaluating impact audiences; analyzing patterns; recommending ways stop circulation. To achieve these objectives, follow review-based research methodology encompassing scholarly articles reports from sources including JSTOR, Taylor & Francis, MDPI, Google Scholar, WHO, covering period 2016 onwards. We employ Uses Gratification model identify three users: (1) an “infodemic” health-related misinformation; (2) increase pastime; (3) social, political, religious conflicts. Several actions are proposed limit spread news, involving entities such as government agencies, well companies.

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Explainable depression symptom detection in social media DOI Creative Commons
Eliseo Bao, Anxo Pérez, Javier Parapar

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Health Information Science and Systems, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 12(1)

Published: Sept. 6, 2024

Language: Английский

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Research on the Communication and Governance of Negative Emotions in Major Emergencies Based on Data‐Information‐Intelligence‐Solution Theory DOI Open Access
Zhiqiang Wen, Fei Wang

Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 33(1)

Published: Jan. 7, 2025

ABSTRACT The era of micro‐communication introduces a complex new ecology in the online public opinion surrounding major emergencies. There is an urgent need to explore these dynamics and develop scientific, reasonable governance strategies protect physical mental health, maintain social stability unity. Using ‘Data‐Information‐Intelligence‐Solution’ (DIIS) think‐tank theory, data was collected from eight different media platforms. An empirical analysis conducted on ‘emotion, media, region, group’ (Information). ‘Driving Force‐State‐Response’ model utilised establish risk assessment system for emergency (Intelligence), followed by proposal specific countermeasures suggestions (Solution). revealed that anxiety accounts 88.24% negative emotions during most sought‐after information pertains event's development related large industry groups. Media event‐related are highly followed, there positive correlation between regional economic levels levels. This comprehensive underscores importance addressing alleviate emotions. study provides scientific based DIIS theory government departments manage risks

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Societal perceptions of COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy: strategic communicative action in problem solving DOI

Linda Dam,

Anne Marie Borsai Basaran

Journal of Communication Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: March 26, 2025

Purpose The current study seeks to understand the strategic communicative processes in which various health information seeking media sources impact intentions engage with opposing positions of specific behaviors such as COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. Guided by situational theory problem-solving (STOPS) framework, explores relationships between traditional use and social use, or acquisition an antecedent, on perceptions problem recognition, constraint recognition involvement turn, motivation for Design/methodology/approach A quantitative online survey involving 239 U.S. participants was conducted this study. Findings Results found that those who recognize hesitancy a problematic situation, wanted learn more about felt low were motivated solve situation had greater share permit information. Specifically, positively predicted while level but did not significantly predict recognition. Originality/value contribute public research demonstrating awareness knowledge societal-level situations can behaviors. extend STOPS exploring mediating impacts factors have communication existing literature differentiating separate effects source types variables. Study findings provide practical implications professionals educators. understanding levels allows messaging be impactful publics.

Language: Английский

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A confirmatory factor analysis of a cognitive model of COVID-19 related anxiety and depression DOI Creative Commons
Louise Aurora Katharina Delz, Keith Gaynor, Rachael O'Connor

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Acta Psychologica, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 234, P. 103861 - 103861

Published: Feb. 9, 2023

The mental health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been significant, with many regions across globe reporting significant increases in anxiety, depression, trauma, and insomnia. This study aims to validate a potential cognitive model maintenance factors related distress by examining psychological predictors distress, their goodness-of-fit as coherent model. Participants from general population (n = 555) were recruited using cross-sectional on-line survey design, assessing Demographic factors, Anxiety, Depression, Loneliness, Trauma Cognitions COVID-19, Rumination, Safety Behaviours, Personality Factors, Mental Effort COVID-19. A series stepwise linear regressions found that components accounted for large percentage variance when Covid-19 (R2 0.447 Covid Stress Scale), Anxiety 0.536 DASS-Anxiety Subscale) Depression 0.596 DASS-subscale). In confirmatory factor analysis, Post-Traumatic about Self, World, Emotional Stability, loaded onto single factor. final showed adequate fit (CFI 0.990, TLI 0.983, RMSEA 0.053 (0.027-0.080), GFI 0.986, SRMR 0.0216, χ2 23.087, p .006). results highlight importance such post-traumatic cognitions, rumination, effort maintaining distress.

Language: Английский

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How Social Media, News Media and Interpersonal Communication Relate to Covid-19 Risk Perceptions and Behaviours DOI Creative Commons
Robyn Vanherle, Sebastian Kurten, Ann Rousseau

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European Journal of Health Communication, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 4(1), P. 28 - 50

Published: Feb. 13, 2023

To inhibit the spread of Covid-19 virus, several governmental guidelines (e.g., social contact, vaccination) were proposed. Whether or not these protective behaviours are implemented often depends on citizens’ risk perceptions which, according to previous research, formed by media, news and interpersonal communications. However, research is limited in two ways. First, mostly focused adults, thereby neglecting emerging adults who less affected but equally needed adhere rules. Second, mainly measured at one-time point studied between-person associations, short-term within-person effects. We therefore conducted a daily diary study among 208 (Mage = 21.63, SDage 1.15) examined which communication channels increased (i.e., perceived personal susceptibility societal severity) and, turn, individuals’ willingness get vaccinated follow The results showed that only media predicted severity within-level severity, rules between-level. Additionally, conversations about between-and within-level. Overall, this highlights importance affecting adults’ health during crisis.

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Gossip 2.0: The role of social media and moral attentiveness on counterproductive work behaviour DOI Creative Commons
Ghulam Murtaza,

Jean‐Pierre Neveu,

Rahman Khan

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Applied Psychology, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 72(4), P. 1478 - 1505

Published: Nov. 17, 2022

Abstract This study investigates how negative workplace gossip (NWG) affects counterproductive work behaviour (CWB) through emotional exhaustion. We seek to advance a more nuanced view of regarding CWB by exploring the contingency roles social media (SM) and moral attentiveness (MA). With use multisource, time‐lagged data from 306 information technology (IT) professionals their supervisors, we highlight importance SM MA in understanding individuals react gossip. Our results indicate positive relationship between mediated Notably, found that strengthens employees' In addition, indirect effect on via exhaustion was moderated individuals' attentiveness. Finally, describe implications for managers promising avenues future research.

Language: Английский

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Pregnancy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Communicated Narrative Sense-Making and Resilience DOI
Haley Kranstuber Horstman, Alaina Leverenz,

Shaye Morrison

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Health Communication, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 39(2), P. 205 - 215

Published: Jan. 3, 2023

ABSTRACTABSTRACTGrounded in communicated narrative sense-making (CNSM) theory and communication of resilience (CTR), the current study investigated how women narratively constructed surrounding pregnancy during COVID-19 pandemic. Given adverse effects stress on pregnant individuals their babies, it is important to understand triggers process this context. We interviewed 21 cisgender who were pandemic solicit stories resilience. Findings revealed that managed structural, informational, interpersonal stressors unique They engaged re-storying reconcile gap between expected pregnancy, fueled by U.S. master birth, lived a Participants demonstrated through reconnecting, reframing, recentering. These findings advance theorizing centering CNSM as enacting recognizing importance burden pregnancy. Practical applications are explored such contributing narrative-informed programming, interventions, education efforts regarding future health crises. Disclosure statementNo potential conflict interest was reported authors.Additional informationFundingThe author(s) there no funding associated with work featured article.

Language: Английский

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COVID-19 Communication Ecology: Visualizing Communication Resource Connections During a Public Health Emergency Using Network Analysis DOI Creative Commons
J. Brian Houston, Esther Thorson, eunjin Kim

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American Behavioral Scientist, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 65(7), P. 893 - 913

Published: Feb. 5, 2021

The COVID-19 outbreak began in December 2019 and soon became a global pandemic, resulting major public health consequences for countries across the world. As evolved, individuals were challenged to understand risk of identify ways stay safe. This understanding was accomplished through communication ecologies that consist interpersonal, organizational, mediated resources. In current study, we examine U.S. ecology September 2021. We introduce network (CEN) model, which posits similar useful resources will cluster ecology, use analysis visualization ecology. Our results indicate robust most important partisan organizational discuss five clusters within how each these is associated with belief misinformation. illustrates benefits this analytical approach studying ecologies.

Language: Английский

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