Sophia Schaller, Annemarie Wiedicke, Doreen Reifegerste, Linn Julia Temmann
{"title":"(De)Stigmatizing Depression on Social Media: The Role of Responsibility Frames.","authors":"Sophia Schaller, Annemarie Wiedicke, Doreen Reifegerste, Linn Julia Temmann","doi":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2266702","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2266702","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Responsibility frames on social media could shape recipients' responses toward people with depression, which is crucial for the public (de)stigmatization of the mental disorder. Thus, the present study examines the effects of different responsibility frames (individual, social, combination) in Instagram-posts about depression on respondents' related attributions as well as their emotional and behavioral reactions toward people suffering from the illness. Our online-experiment (<i>N</i> = 1,015) revealed that frames emphasizing the responsibility of one's social network (e.g. family, friends and professionals) for depression, i.e. social frames, strengthened participants' attributions to the social network, i.e. social attributions, most effectively. Individual frames, however, primarily intensified individual attributions to those affected by depression. Contrary to previous findings, a combination frame did not prove to increase recipients' social attributions more than a one-sided social frame. For emotional and behavioral responses, we did not find any effects of responsibility frames compared to the control group-possibly due to buffering effects of the narrative structure of the Instagram posts.</p>","PeriodicalId":16026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"757-767"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41134649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yi Liao, Dallin R Adams, Helen M Lillie, Jakob D Jensen
{"title":"People Wear Masks when they Ski: Comparing Congruent and Incongruent Behavioral Context Appeals.","authors":"Yi Liao, Dallin R Adams, Helen M Lillie, Jakob D Jensen","doi":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2263745","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2263745","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>When advocating for a behavior, persuasive messaging typically focuses on the context that behavior is performed in, such as mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, situating the advocated behavior in a different context, termed an incongruent context appeal, may persuade by increasing attention, novelty, and memorability. The current study tested this supposition in a message experiment. Participants (<i>N</i> = 324) were randomized to view an incongruent context (e.g. skiing) or a congruent context (i.e. COVID-19) appeal advocating for mask wearing. The incongruence appeal had a direct, positive effect on mask wearing intentions and indirect, positive effects via two serial mediation pathways: time spent with the message increased attention through novelty and memorability. Findings suggest that an incongruent context appeal is an effective strategy for persuading audiences in information-saturated environments like the COVID-19 pandemic.</p>","PeriodicalId":16026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"728-738"},"PeriodicalIF":3.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10873062/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41135633","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Narratives and Mental Illness: Understanding the Factors That Impact Stigmatizing Attitudes and Behavioral Intentions.","authors":"Kristina Medero, Shelly Hovick","doi":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2267498","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2267498","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Entertainment television has been explored to reduce stigmatizing attitudes toward mental illness by incorporating positive stories about characters with mental illness. Guided by mediated contact theory and the extended elaboration likelihood model, this study examines whether exposure and engagement with entertainment narratives, featuring characters with mental illnesses of varying levels of public stigma, impacts stigmatizing attitudes and intentions to interact with individuals with mental illness generally. Participants (<i>n</i> = 234) were randomized to one of the three conditions: (1) a more stigmatized mental illness (schizophrenia), (2) a less stigmatized mental illness (depression), or (3) a non-mental illness control (cancer). Participants in the more stigmatized condition reported significantly less identification with characters than those in the less stigmatized condition, and greater identification with the characters were associated with more positive attitudes and behavioral intentions. Narrative counterarguing was associated with less positive attitudes and intentions toward people with mental illness. Implications based on these findings include identifying ways to increase engagement with less familiar mental illnesses to optimize the positive outcomes associated with narrative engagement.</p>","PeriodicalId":16026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"768-776"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2023-11-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49678329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Infodemic Management for Social and Behavior Change: Youth Mobilization for Combating Disinformation During COVID-19.","authors":"Altug Akin, Selin Turkel, Pinar Umul Unsal","doi":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2231383","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2231383","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study discusses an undergraduate elective university course as a notable case for youth mobilization in combatting misinformation during COVID-19 with positive social and behavior change outcomes of an indicative nature. Remote modality of the civic engagement course entailed students' voluntary work at partnering with society organizations specialized in new media technologies. Students' engagement with the civil society organizations' three different research and implementation projects as a form of voluntary work enabled them to mobilize in accordance with a vital dimension of infodemic management, namely engagement of communities to take positive action. Results derived from a mixed model research present that individual change observed on the students' knowledge, attitudes and practices as well as social change objectives of partnering institutions and the course are modestly positive, suggesting replication of adapted course design and implementation in relevant contexts.</p>","PeriodicalId":16026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Communication","volume":"28 sup2","pages":"41-48"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139037764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Online Health Communities' Portrayal of Obesity on Social Media Platforms in South Africa.","authors":"Natasha Mazonde, Susan Goldstein","doi":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2231374","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2231374","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The rapidly increasing prevalence of obesity in South Africa, intertwined with extensive changes in diet, life expectancy, and nutritional status has led to a complex framing of obesity on social media. This has prompted the prioritization of media-based social and behavior change communication interventions leveraging social media for obesity prevention. This study was conducted to understand how obesity is constructed and represented on social media in South Africa. A media review of Facebook and Twitter platforms in South Africa was conducted over a six-month period using Meltwater software for data collection. The search yielded 13 500 posts and tweets. Data were cleaned and coded in Microsoft Excel. Content and framing analysis were performed to add insight into the nature of obesity discourse on social media. Portrayals of obesity on social media were dominated by stigmatizing imagery blaming individuals for unhealthy lifestyles, poor diets, and lack of physical activity. Future media-based social and behavior change communication interventions for obesity prevention can leverage social media to reach the broader public and insights into media portrayals of obesity have the potential to influence the shape and development of these behavioral interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":16026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Communication","volume":"28 sup2","pages":"15-24"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139037789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dam Hee Kim, Tae Hyun Lim, Yu Jeong Hwang, Seongcheol Kim
{"title":"Predicting Support for COVID-19 Policies with Partisan Media Use and Negative Emotion: Evidence from the U.S. and South Korea.","authors":"Dam Hee Kim, Tae Hyun Lim, Yu Jeong Hwang, Seongcheol Kim","doi":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2236963","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2236963","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>While prior scholarship on preventive health behaviors has focused on identifying their cognitive predictors, emerging literature suggests that emotion may also be an important determinant of health behaviors. Drawing from appraisal theory and the discrete-emotions models of affect, the current study establishes emotional pathways to support for COVID-19 policies and social distancing behavior. Analyses of survey data collected in the U.S. and South Korea demonstrate that negative emotion experienced following partisan media use increases support for COVID-19 policies and social distancing behavior. Particularly, fear and anxiety toward the pandemic emerged as strong mediators in both countries while sadness also mediated the pathways in the U.S.</p>","PeriodicalId":16026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Communication","volume":"28 sup2","pages":"32-40"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139037790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meghann Jones, Camilla Osborne, Rushika Shekhar, Jacqueline Pienaar, Mari Harris, Ellen Foster
{"title":"Testing Likely Response to Behavioral Nudges and Shoves to Promote COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake Amongst Segments of the Unvaccinated Population of South Africa.","authors":"Meghann Jones, Camilla Osborne, Rushika Shekhar, Jacqueline Pienaar, Mari Harris, Ellen Foster","doi":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2231373","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2231373","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In early 2022, as the vaccination rate in South Africa slowed, there was a strong need for COVID-19 communications to evolve from mass information and education campaigns targeting the general population, to more targeted approaches to motivate uptake amongst population segments facing convenience, complacency, and confidence barriers.Project Last Mile (PLM) and Ipsos conducted a representative study of the population of South Africa to: (1) understand population segments with regards to their likelihood of getting the COVID-19 vaccine, (2) understand the drivers and barriers around getting the COVID-19 vaccine for each segment; and (3) test the likelihood of adoption of a range of enabling, incentivizing, and mandating behavioral interventions (\"nudges and shoves\").The study demonstrated that a significant proportion of the unvaccinated population is willing to get vaccinated, given the right conditions. Making it easy and convenient to get vaccinated (enabling) is likely to deliver moderate to strong impact. Ease of access, the ability to take time off from work, the provision of a reservation, and free transportation were the most influential factors in encouraging vaccination for the largest number of people.</p>","PeriodicalId":16026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Communication","volume":"28 sup2","pages":"5-14"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139037791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SBCC Training in Francophone West Africa: Overview, Lessons Learned, Challenges and Future Directions.","authors":"Hugues Koné, Marie-Laure Tchéré","doi":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2231378","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2231378","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study explores the SBCC training experience in Francophone West Africa and how training programs have been impacted by major pandemics that this region has experienced, COVID-19 particularly. To stay focused, we have selected Côte d'Ivoire as a case study because it is representative of Francophone African countries which faced political instability, pandemics and epidemics in the past two decades. Data were collected through desk review and interviews with key informants. Taking stock of the past to recent experience, both in long-term and academic training, and on-the-job and short-term training on one hand, and examining the influence of COVID-19 crisis on SBCC training in the country and sub-region on the other hand, lessons learned, and challenges ahead are identified. The paper focuses on multidisciplinary, multisectoral and sub-regional responses, e-learning, and professionalizing SBCC, as future directions.</p>","PeriodicalId":16026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Communication","volume":" ","pages":"71-77"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9803174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Social and Behavioral Change Communication To Address Inequities and Disparities in Public Health: Reflecting on Themes from the 3<sup>rd</sup> International Social and Behavior Change Summit.","authors":"Douglas Storey, Rafael Obregon","doi":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2257940","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2257940","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Communication","volume":"28 sup2","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139037792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Felisbela Lopes, Rita Araújo, Filipe Alves, Raquel Duarte
{"title":"COVID-19 in Portugal: A Pandemic Redesigned by the Media.","authors":"Felisbela Lopes, Rita Araújo, Filipe Alves, Raquel Duarte","doi":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2231882","DOIUrl":"10.1080/10810730.2023.2231882","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The news media in Portugal played an important role during the COVID-19 pandemic by providing people with important and up-to-date health information. However, the number of news reports did not always correspond to the severity of the pandemic. There was significant media attention at the beginning of the pandemic (in early 2020), but media coverage soon declined, and the Portuguese media began to report on a greater diversity of topics. The present study assessed the evolution of news reports in Portugal during the period of the COVID-19 pandemic by analysis of epidemiological data (cases, deaths, and hospitalizations) and television news lineups from the three major generalist television channels, RTP1, SIC, TVI. The study period was from March 2020 (when the first lockdown was instituted) to March 2021 (when there was the second gradual withdrawal of restrictions). Our results indicated that there was intense media coverage of COVID-19 during the first phase of the pandemic, even though epidemiological data showed there was not a severe health crisis at that time. However, the number of news stories about the pandemic soon declined, and this number was much lower during the worst period of the pandemic. Hence, the intensity of coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Portuguese media provided a distorted image of the actual pandemic. All things considered, we strongly advise for the inclusion of a communication plan that would help address future health emergency crisis. All things considered, we recommend that in future health crisis there is a planned communication strategy that takes into account media relations.</p>","PeriodicalId":16026,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Health Communication","volume":"28 sup2","pages":"87-98"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2023-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139037762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}