The Active Role of the Internet and Social Media Use in Nonpharmaceutical and Pharmaceutical Preventive Measures against COVID-19

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dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.volume10
dc.contributor.authorXie T
dc.contributor.authorTang M
dc.contributor.authorZhang RJ
dc.contributor.authorLiu JH
dc.coverage.spatialSwitzerland
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-16T21:20:01Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-20T01:37:58Z
dc.date.available2022-01-06
dc.date.available2023-11-16T21:20:01Z
dc.date.available2023-11-20T01:37:58Z
dc.date.issued2022-01
dc.description.abstractDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, does more internet and social media use lead to taking more- or less-effective preventive measures against the disease? A two-wave longitudinal survey with the general population in mainland China in mid-2020 found that during the COVID-19 pandemic, internet and social media use intensity promoted the adoption of nonpharmaceutical and pharmaceutical antipandemic measures. The first wave of data (n = 1014) showed that the more intensively people used the internet/social media, the more they perceived the threat of the pandemic, and took more nonpharmaceutical preventive measures (e.g., wearing masks, maintaining social distance, and washing hands) as a result. The second wave (n = 220) showed firstly the predicted relationship between internet/social media use intensity and the perceived threat of the pandemic and the adoption of nonpharmaceutical preventive measures by cross-lagged analysis; secondly, the predictive effect of internet/social media use on the adoption of pharmacological measures (i.e., willingness to vaccinate against COVID-19) and the mediating role of perceived pandemic threat were verified. The article concludes with a discussion of the role of the internet and social media use in the fight against COVID-19 in specific macrosocial contexts.
dc.format.pagination113-
dc.identifier.author-urlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35052277
dc.identifier.citationXie T, Tang M, Zhang RJ, Liu JH. (2022). The Active Role of the Internet and Social Media Use in Nonpharmaceutical and Pharmaceutical Preventive Measures against COVID-19.. Healthcare (Basel). 10. 1. (pp. 113-).
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/healthcare10010113
dc.identifier.eissn2227-9032
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn2227-9032
dc.identifier.numberARTN 113
dc.identifier.piihealthcare10010113
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/69142
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.relation.isPartOfHealthcare (Basel)
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectinternet
dc.subjectmisinformation
dc.subjectperceived threat
dc.subjectpreventive measures
dc.subjectsocial media
dc.titleThe Active Role of the Internet and Social Media Use in Nonpharmaceutical and Pharmaceutical Preventive Measures against COVID-19
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id450429
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