Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic: How may communication strategies influence our behaviours?

ABSTRACT: A novel Corona virus (SARS-CoV-2), started in Wuhan China, caused an outbreak of viral pneumonia to subsequently spread throughout the world. Italy has been one of the most affected countries in the world and the increasing number of cases and deaths has created strong emotional reactions in people. This study has aimed at evaluating public attention to this emerging disease through the use of Google Trends. Public attention, measured as the volume of internet search activity, was correlated with Health Communication Strategies and official COVID-19 data. At the moment of the study analysis, Italy was by far the first country in terms of search volume for "coronavirus" and the highest peak of searches was reached on February 23, 2020. We have found that there was a correlation between publ

SUBMITTER: Muselli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7683303 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature