Bottom-up actions: Examining perceived influence of pandemic news, information relevance, perceived media credibility, and pro-community participation.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

When hyper-infectious diseases sweep over the world, pro-community participation has been found to effectively curb the spread of viruses. This study explores the associations among media-related perceptions and media users' pro-community participation during the peak of the 2022 COVID-19 outbreaks in China.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 976 Chinese media users in April 2022 to collect data on their pro-community participation and perceptions of pandemic news influence, information relevance, and credibility of traditional media and social media. Hierarchical regression analyses were run to analyze the associations between these perceptual variables and pro-community participation.

Results

The findings revealed that information relevan

SUBMITTER: Tu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11459497 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature