scholarly journals Chinese Public’s Engagement in Preventive and Intervening Health Behaviors During the Early Breakout of COVID-19: Cross-Sectional Study

10.2196/19995 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (8) ◽  
pp. e19995 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaomeng Niu ◽  
Tingting Wang ◽  
Pengwei Hu ◽  
Jing Mei ◽  
Zhihan Tang
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Preventive Behaviors ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
Literacy Level

Background Since January 2020, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) swept over China and then the world, causing a global public health crisis. People’s adoption of preventive and intervening behaviors is critical in curbing the spread of the virus. Objective The aim of this study is to evaluate Chinese people’s adoption of health behaviors in responding to COVID-19 and to identify key determinants for their engagement. Methods An anonymous online questionnaire was distributed in early February 2020 among Mainland Chinese (18 years or older) to examine their engagement in preventive behaviors (eg, frequent handwashing, wearing masks, staying at home) and intervening behaviors (eg, advising family to wash hands frequently), and to explore potential determinants for their adoption of these health behaviors. Results Out of 2949 participants, 55.3% (n=1629) reported frequent engagement in preventive health behaviors, and over 84% (n=2493) performed at least one intervening health behavior. Greater engagement in preventive behaviors was found among participants who received higher education, were married, reported fewer barriers and greater benefits of engagement, reported greater self-efficacy and emotional support, had greater patient-centered communication before, had a greater media literacy level, and had greater new media and traditional media use for COVID-19 news. Greater engagement in intervening behaviors was observed among participants who were married, had lower income, reported greater benefits of health behaviors, had greater patient-centered communication before, had a lower media literacy level, and had a greater new media and traditional media use for COVID-19 news. Conclusions Participants’ engagement in coronavirus-related preventive and intervening behaviors was overall high, and the associations varied across demographic and psychosocial variables. Hence, customized health interventions that address the determinants for health behaviors are needed to improve people’s adherence to coronavirus-related behavior guidelines.

scholarly journals Chinese Public’s Engagement in Preventive and Intervening Health Behaviors During the Early Breakout of COVID-19: Cross-Sectional Study (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhaomeng Niu ◽  
Tingting Wang ◽  
Pengwei Hu ◽  
Jing Mei ◽  
Zhihan Tang
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Preventive Behaviors ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
Literacy Level

BACKGROUND Since January 2020, the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) swept over China and then the world, causing a global public health crisis. People’s adoption of preventive and intervening behaviors is critical in curbing the spread of the virus. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to evaluate Chinese people’s adoption of health behaviors in responding to COVID-19 and to identify key determinants for their engagement. METHODS An anonymous online questionnaire was distributed in early February 2020 among Mainland Chinese (18 years or older) to examine their engagement in preventive behaviors (eg, frequent handwashing, wearing masks, staying at home) and intervening behaviors (eg, advising family to wash hands frequently), and to explore potential determinants for their adoption of these health behaviors. RESULTS Out of 2949 participants, 55.3% (n=1629) reported frequent engagement in preventive health behaviors, and over 84% (n=2493) performed at least one intervening health behavior. Greater engagement in preventive behaviors was found among participants who received higher education, were married, reported fewer barriers and greater benefits of engagement, reported greater self-efficacy and emotional support, had greater patient-centered communication before, had a greater media literacy level, and had greater new media and traditional media use for COVID-19 news. Greater engagement in intervening behaviors was observed among participants who were married, had lower income, reported greater benefits of health behaviors, had greater patient-centered communication before, had a lower media literacy level, and had a greater new media and traditional media use for COVID-19 news. CONCLUSIONS Participants’ engagement in coronavirus-related preventive and intervening behaviors was overall high, and the associations varied across demographic and psychosocial variables. Hence, customized health interventions that address the determinants for health behaviors are needed to improve people’s adherence to coronavirus-related behavior guidelines.

Role of Affective Mediators in the Effects of Media Use on Proenvironmental Behavior

2020 ◽  
pp. 107554702097164
Author(s):  
Zongya Li
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Perceived Knowledge ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Proenvironmental Behavior ◽  
Affective Constructs ◽  
Effects Of Media ◽  
Environmental Participation

Much of the research on media use and environmental participation has examined the persuasive effects of media-motivated cognitive constructs on proenvironmental behavior, whereas the role of media-induced affective constructs has largely been neglected. To address this gap, this study examines how affective constructs (emotional responses and perceived knowledge) arise from media use and in what ways they contribute to environmental participation in the context of haze. Results from a web survey of 1,589 Chinese citizens suggest that traditional media use elicited more positive emotions than the use of new media, while new media use evoked more negative emotions than that of traditional media. Both traditional and new media use were positive predictors of perceived knowledge. Moreover, negative emotion, positive emotion, and perceived knowledge were all positively associated with proenvironmental behavior. The results of mediation analyses indicated that these affective constructs mediated the association between media use and proenvironmental behavior.

scholarly journals Effects of New Media Use on Health Behaviors: A Case Study in China

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lifang Tang ◽  
Jie Wang
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
New Media ◽  
Health Communication ◽  
Health Behaviors ◽  
Mass Communication ◽  
Health Knowledge ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Online Social Network ◽  
Influencing Mechanism ◽  
Hypothesis Model

Background: Mass communication is one of the most important ways in health communication. The emergence of new media has changed the way people acquire health information and then their health behaviors. However, few studies have been conducted about complicated relations between media use and health behaviors under new media conditions and further systematic explanation is needed. Methods: A hypothesis model for the influence of WeChat use on health behaviors was constructed to explore the internal influencing mechanism of new media use on health behaviors. An empirical analysis on the internal influencing mechanism of WeChat use on health behaviors was carried out with a survey data consist of 463 young active users on famous online social network sites in China from March to June 2019. Results: New media use represented by WeChat has significant positive influence on health behaviors. Individuals who frequently use new media related to health have better health conditions than those who rarely use them. The improvement of health behaviors is mainly attributed to acquisition of health knowledge. Such effect is also mediated by the degree of individuals’ trust in health knowledge. Conclusion: This study not only discloses the influencing mechanism of new media use and health knowledge on health behaviors, but also confirms the value of new media in promoting public health communication and public health behaviors. Conclusions provide significant references in decision-making to develop effective guidance of public health.

scholarly journals Media Use and Environmental Public Service Satisfaction—An Empirical Analysis Based on China

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (14) ◽  
pp. 3873
Author(s):  
Shujia Hu ◽  
Runxi Zeng ◽  
Chengzhi Yi
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Media Use ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Service Satisfaction ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Source Of Information

Previous research has produced conflicting findings on the relationship between media use and environmental public service satisfaction. Using survey data from the China General Social Survey 2015 (hereafter referred to as CGSS2015), this study examined the impact of media use on environmental public service satisfaction. The findings showed that traditional media use was positively associated and new media use was negatively associated with environmental public service satisfaction. Individuals who used new media as their primary source of information were less satisfied with environmental public services than individuals whose primary source of information was traditional media. This study confirmed that authoritative value propositions and government trust have a significant mediating effect between traditional media use and environmental public service satisfaction, and government trust has a significant mediating effect between individuals’ main information sources and their environmental public service satisfaction.

Differential effects of traditional and social media use on COVID-19 preventive behaviors: The mediating role of risk and efficacy perceptions

2021 ◽  
pp. 135910532110031
Author(s):  
Wei Ren ◽  
Xiaowen Zhu ◽  
Yi Hu
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cognitive Responses ◽  
Preventive Behaviors ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Perceived Severity ◽  
Indirect Facilitation

The study explored how traditional and social media use produced various cognitive responses toward COVID-19, including perceived severity, susceptibility, and efficacy, and direct and indirect facilitation of COVID-19 preventive behaviors. We tested the hypotheses on data collected from 433 university students in Wuhan, China, using structural equation modeling. We found that traditional media enhanced engagement for preventive behaviors both directly and indirectly by enhancing perceived severity and efficacy, whereas social media showed no impact on preventive behaviors, either directly or indirectly. Furthermore, the direct effect of traditional media on preventive behaviors was markedly stronger than the indirect effect through perceptions.

scholarly journals The Interactions of Media Use, Obesity, and Suboptimal Health Status: A Nationwide Time-Trend Study in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (24) ◽  
pp. 13214
Author(s):  
Qinliang Liu ◽  
Xiaojing Li
Keyword(s):  
Health Status ◽  
New Media ◽  
Time Trend ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Negatively Associated ◽  
Suboptimal Health Status ◽  
Television Use ◽  
Increasing Trend ◽  
Suboptimal Health

Obesity and suboptimal health status (SHS) have been global public health concerns in recent decades. A growing number of works have explored the relationships between media use and obesity, as well as SHS. This study aimed to examine the time trend of the associations between media use (including traditional media and new media) and obesity, as well as SHS. The data were derived from three national random samples of the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS), which was separately conducted in 2013, 2015, and 2017. In total, 34,468 respondents were included in this study, consisting of 16,624 males and 17,844 females, and the average age was 49.95 years old (SD = 16.72). It found that broadcast use and television use were positively associated with obesity and showed an increasing trend over time. Cellphone use emerged as a risk factor for obesity in 2017 and showed an increasing trend. By contrast, newspaper use, television use, and internet use were negatively associated with SHS, and television use showed a decreasing trend in the association with SHS, while internet and newspaper use showed an increasing trend. In conclusion, media use was positively associated with obesity while negatively associated with SHS. It showed a decreasing trend in the associations between traditional media use and obesity, while revealing an increasing trend in the associations between new media use and obesity, as well as SHS. The practical implications of the findings are discussed.

scholarly journals New Media Literacy And Media Use Among University Students In Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5C) ◽  
pp. 469-474
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
University Students ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Medium Level ◽  
New Media Literacy ◽  
The Difference

False information is a concern in this digital era where communication technologies, particularly social media, enable the public to consume, create, and share media content. New media literacy associated with critical thinking is of importance in keeping away from the negative influences of the widespread misleading news and information. Due to the limited studies on new media literacy in Malaysia, this study aimed to identify the levels of new media literacy among university students in Malaysia, measure the difference in new media literacy across demographic factors, and examine the relationship between media use and new media literacy. The quantitative data were collected through survey questionnaire at a private university in Malaysia. The findings showed that most of the students are at the medium level of new media literacy. No significant difference was found in new media literacy based on demographic factors, except media use which also had a small positive correlation with two dimensions of new media literacy, namely functional prosumption and critical prosumption. The findings served as a valuable input for public or private institutions or organizations that are responsible or keen in tackling fake news

scholarly journals Mediatization of (Im)mobility Experiences: New Media Use of (Im)mobile Groups

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Sander Salvet ◽  
Anu Masso
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Generational Differences ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Representative Survey ◽  
Traditional Media ◽  
Potential Analysis ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Ethnographic Studies ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Over Time

<p>Theoretical literature and ethnographic studies suggest that individual spatial (im)mobility and new media use are becoming increasingly interlaced through mediatization. In this article, we tested this assumption quantitatively, by examining possible associations between media use and emigration wishes which we interpreted as an indicator of spatial (im)mobility potential. Analysis of data collected in autumn 2014 in Estonia <em>via</em> a representative survey (n = 1,503), enabled the following research questions to be answered: 1) How have the emigration wishes of estonia’s population changed over time, in regard to mediatization? 2) What kind of media use patterns describe individuals with different emigration wishes? the results showed that, compared to earlier surveys, the (im)mobility potential of the general population had not considerably changed. The mobility potential was indeed interlaced with more active and versatile use of new media, and immobility potential with less active and diverse use of new media. Yet, these associations could be explained by generational differences, as younger respondents prefer to emigrate and use new media, while older respondents wish to stay in the country of origin and follow traditional media.</p>

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