Investigating the role of perceived information overload on COVID-19 fear: a moderation role of fake news related to COVID-19

C Zhang, T Cao, A Ali - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
During crises and uncertain situations such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic, social media plays a key function because it allows people to seek and share …

The negative impact of social media during COVID-19 pandemic

ME Lelisho, D Pandey, BD Alemu, BK Pandey… - Trends in …, 2023 - Springer
The coronavirus pandemic is a global pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
resulting from the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV2) …

Exploring the mediating role of situation awareness and crisis emotions between social media use and COVID-19 protective behaviors: cross-sectional study

Y Feng, Q Tong - Frontiers in public health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background In an outbreak of an infectious disease especially, online media would usually
be an important channel for people to get first-hand knowledge and evaluate risks of the …

Empirical study on social media exposure and fear as drivers of anxiety and depression during the COVID-19 pandemic

X Gu, B Obrenovic, W Fu - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in an abundance of news and information dominating
media outlets, leading to a widespread atmosphere of fear and uncertainty, potentially …

Exposure to the COVID-19 news on social media and consequent psychological distress and potential behavioral change

A Montazeri, S Mohammadi, P M. Hesari… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Exposure to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) news pandemic is inevitable. This study
aimed to explore the association between exposure to COVID-19 news on social media and …

“No more COVID-19 messages via social media, please”: the mediating role of COVID-19 message fatigue between information overload, message avoidance, and …

J Sun, SK Lee - Current Psychology, 2023 - Springer
Employing the stressor-strain-outcome framework, this study demonstrates that COVID-19
information overload on social media exerts a significant effect on the level of fatigue toward …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating mediated effects of fear of COVID-19 and COVID-19 misunderstanding in the association between problematic social media use, psychological …

CY Lin, A Broström, MD Griffiths, AH Pakpour - Internet interventions, 2020 - Elsevier
Introduction Due to the serious situation of the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
worldwide, many countries have implemented policies to minimize the spread of COVID-19 …

Psychosocial effects of social media on the Saudi society during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 pandemic: A cross-sectional study

MA Hammad, TM Alqarni - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been posing a substantial
challenge to human survival and well-being, which rely on the actions and behaviors of …

The relationships among anxiety, subjective well-being, media consumption, and safety-seeking behaviors during the COVID-19 epidemic

YF Luo, HY Shen, SC Yang, LC Chen - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 epidemic has been confirmed as the largest scale outbreak of atypical
pneumonia since the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2003 and it …

Impact of social media on public fear, adoption of precautionary behaviors, and compliance with health regulations during COVID-19 pandemic

A Yassin, M AlOmari, S Al-Azzam… - International journal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Social media has become an essential source of information during the coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. This study aims to understand social media's effect on the …