TV News and COVID-19: Media Influence on Healthy Behavior in Public Spaces.

ABSTRACT: The COVID-19 outbreak has dramatically changed our life. Despite the rapid growth of scientific publications about medical aspects of the pandemic, less has been explored about the effects of media communication regarding COVID-19 on healthy behaviors. Yet, the scientific literature has widely debated on how media can influence people's health-related evaluations, emotions, and behaviors. To fill this gap, the aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between media exposure, people's attitudes and emotions toward media contents, and healthy behaviors related to the use of public spaces, such as avoiding crowded places, wearing face masks, and maintaining social distance. A questionnaire referring to these variables was administered to an opportunistic sample of 174 participant

SUBMITTER: Scopelliti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7919256 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature