Emotional and Cognitive Responses to COVID-19 Information Overload under Lockdown Predict Media Attention and Risk Perceptions of COVID-19
Emotional and Cognitive Responses to COVID-19 Information Overload under Lockdown Predict Media Attention and Risk Perceptions of COVID-19
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DOI：
10.1080/10810730.2021.1949649
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发表时间：
2021-07-17
影响因子：
4.4
通讯作者：
Zafeiriou, George
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作者：
Gardikiotis, Antonis;Malinaki, Evanthia;Zafeiriou, George
本研究探讨了在希腊疫情第一波期间，在封锁状态下，健康传播对抗击COVID-19的积极和消极影响。一项在线调查（N = 1，199）研究了媒体信任、对COVID-19信息过载的情感和认知反应、媒体关注度以及对COVID-19的风险认知之间的关系。参与者对大流行信息的媒体关注（曝光和关注的总和）与他们对疾病的风险感知（感知的易感性和严重性）呈正相关。媒体关注度取决于参与者对媒体作为有效信息来源的信任，也取决于他们对COVID-19信息过载的认知和情感反应。为了应对这种过载，他们产生了消极的想法和更多的消极（恐惧和愤怒）而不是积极（保护）情绪。这些不同的反应对媒体的关注和风险认知有不同的影响。恐惧和保护与媒体的关注和风险认知呈正相关，而愤怒和消极思维则会破坏媒体的关注和认知。此外，所有的反应取决于媒体的信任，介导的媒体关注的效果。这些研究结果突出了健康传播在抗击COVID-19方面的有利和一些不利影响，可用于改善未来的健康传播。
The present study examined positive and negative effects of health communication on the fight against the COVID-19 under lockdown, during the first wave of the pandemic in Greece. An online survey (N = 1,199) examined the relationships among media trust, emotional and cognitive reactions to COVID-19 information overload, media attention, and risk perceptions regarding COVID-19. Participants' media attention (exposure and attention combined) to information about the pandemic was positively related to their risk perceptions (perceived susceptibility and severity) about the disease. Media attention was dependent on participants' trust in the media as valid sources of information, but also on their cognitive and emotional reactions to COVID-19 information overload. In response to this overload, they produced negative thoughts and more negative (fear and anger) than positive (protection) emotions. These distinct reactions had differential effects on media attention and risk perceptions. Fear and protection were positively related to media attention and risk perceptions, while anger and negative thinking undermined attention and perceptions. Furthermore, all reactions depended on media trust, which mediated the effect on media attention. These findings highlighted desirable and some undesirable effects of health communication in the fight against COVID-19, which can be used to improve health communication in the future.