Effects of News and Threat Perceptions on Americans’ COVID-19 Precautionary Behaviors

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Communication Reports Pub Date : 2021-04-08 DOI:10.1080/08934215.2021.1907428

Rebecca (Riva) Tukachinsky Forster, Megan A. Vendemia

引用次数: 5

Abstract

Our study examines the relationship between news exposure at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, personal threat beliefs, beliefs about others’ threat perceptions, and participation in precautionary actions. A survey of 377 U.S . adults revealed a significant main effect of news exposure on various precautionary behaviors (e.g., facial mask wear, physical distancing). Personal threat beliefs and beliefs about others’ threat perceptions serve as unique mechanisms mediating the effect of news on specific CDC-recommended and less socially desirable actions. These findings can guide news sources covering health crises in a socially responsible manner.

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我们的研究考察了COVID-19大流行开始时的新闻曝光、个人威胁信念、对他人威胁感知的信念以及参与预防行动之间的关系。一项针对377名美国人的调查。成年人显示，新闻暴露对各种预防行为(如佩戴口罩、保持身体距离)有显著的主要影响。个人威胁信念和对他人威胁感知的信念作为独特的机制，调解新闻对疾病预防控制中心推荐的特定行为和不太可取的社会行为的影响。这些发现可以指导新闻来源以对社会负责的方式报道卫生危机。

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期刊介绍： Communication Reports (CR), published biannually since 1988, is one of two scholarly journals of the Western States Communication Association (WSCA). The journal publishes original manuscripts that are short, data/text-based, and related to the broadly defined field of human communication. The mission of the journal is to showcase exemplary scholarship without censorship based on topics, methods, or analytical tools. Articles that are purely speculative or theoretical, and not data analytic, are not appropriate for this journal. Authors are expected to devote a substantial portion of the manuscript to analyzing and reporting research data.