Television News Media Consumption and Misperceptions about COVID-19 among US Populations at High Risk for Severe Health Outcomes Early in the Pandemic.
Television News Media Consumption and Misperceptions about COVID-19 among US Populations at High Risk for Severe Health Outcomes Early in the Pandemic.
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电视新闻媒体对大流行初期美国面临严重健康后果的高风险人群对 COVID-19 的消费和误解。
DOI：
10.1080/10410236.2021.2023381
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发表时间：
2023
影响因子：
3.9
通讯作者：
Lambe,JenniferL
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Maloney,ErinK;Bleakley,Amy;Young,DannagalG;Silk,KamiJ;Crowley,JohnP;Lambe,JenniferL
研究表明，成为人们对一个问题最初心理模式一部分的误解往往会持续存在，甚至在误解被纠正之后，也会影响他们的态度。最近关于不断演变的心理模型的研究表明，可以通过制作信息，承认目标受众中可能存在的对病毒和其他传染病的偏见和误解，来改善关于正在进行的COVID-19大流行及其后果的沟通工作。本研究旨在通过以下方式深入了解此类偏见：(1)在美国大流行的最初几个月里，在(a)普通人群和(b)严重健康后果高风险的人口亚人群中，建立与covid相关的误解的显著类别；(2)识别误解的人口统计学预测因子；(3)研究不同电视新闻媒体的消费与对COVID-19误解的认同之间的关系。在2020年3月19日至3月25日期间，一项由1000名美国成年人组成的全国样本（48.1%为男性；年龄= 47.32，SD= 18.01； 72.9%为白人/高加索人，14.3%为黑人/非裔美国人，15.9%为西班牙裔/拉丁裔）完成了一项调查。结果确定了早期对COVID-19的显著误解的普遍类别。对众多协变量进行调整后，数据显示，60岁以上的人在各种人口亚人群中持有的与新冠病毒相关的误解最少，误解在黑人受访者中最为普遍，电视网络新闻消费的增加与误解程度的降低有关。一些24小时新闻网络（FOX和MSNBC）的消费与误解显著正相关。
Research indicates that misperceptions that become part of people’s initial mental models about an issue tend to persist and influence their attitudes even after the misperception has been corrected. Recent work on evolving mental models suggests that communication efforts about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath may be improved by crafting messages that acknowledge biases and misunderstandings about the virus and other infectious diseases that may remain among members of the target audience. This study was designed to provide insight into such biases by: (1) establishing salient categories of COVID-related misperceptions in the earliest months of the pandemic in the United States among (a) the general population, and (b) demographic sub-populations at high risk of severe health outcomes; (2) identifying demographic predictors of misperceptions; and (3) examining the relationship between consumption of different television news outlets and agreement with misperceptions about COVID-19. A national sample of 1,000 adults in the United States (48.1% male;Mage = 47.32,SD= 18.01; 72.9% White/Caucasian, 14.3% Black/African American, 15.9% Hispanic/Latinx) completed a survey between March 19 and March 25, 2020. Results identify prevalent classes of salient early COVID-19 misperceptions. Adjusting for numerous covariates, data indicated individuals over the age of 60 held the fewest COVID-related misperceptions among various demographic sub-populations, misperceptions were most prevalent among Black respondents, and increased consumption of television network news was associated with lower levels of misperception. Consumption of some 24-hour news networks (FOX and MSNBC) were significant positive correlates of misperceptions.