Usage of social media during the pandemic: Seeking support and awareness about COVID-19 through social media platforms
TLDR
In this paper, the authors collected the data from social media users from March and April 2020 and collected a total number of 348 responses from respondents through random sampling technique, and the majority respondents showed positive attitudes toward using social media as medical information instruments.Abstract:
Social media have become popularly use to seek for medical information and have fascinated the general public to collect information regarding corona virus pandemics in various perspectives During these days, people are forced to stay at home and the social media have connected and supported awareness and pandemic updates The present study aims at highlighting the present situation of Indonesian society, where the outbreak position is quite high The study collects the data from social media users from March and April 2020 The data were also compiled from the secondary sources, like opinions, the literature and scientific articles from reputable journals The total number of 348 responses were collected from respondents through random sampling technique, and the majority respondents show positive attitudes toward using social media as medical information instruments The results demonstrate that social media have been used to seek social supports from the respondents' online networks and offline friends, relatives, and colleagues The study also examines that the usage of social media platforms is perceived as easy and accessible to every individual for sharing, posting, and reacting to any medical information regarding the pandemic Since people continue work from home, and ensuring the social distance, so, the majority of users have seen family and friends have provided support and attempt to raise awareness by sharing and circulating a range of information within their closed-social networkread more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
What can internet users' behaviours reveal about the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic? A systematic review.
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors collected, analyzed and synthesized available evidence on novel data streams for surveillance purposes and/or their potential for capturing the public reaction to epidemic outbreaks, particularly focusing on mental health effects and emotions.
Journal ArticleDOI
The COVID-19 pandemic: A threat to forest and wildlife conservation in Bangladesh?
Md. Saidur Rahman,Md. Saidur Rahman,Md. Azharul Alam,Serajis Salekin,Md. Ariful Hoque Belal,Md. Saifur Rahman,Md. Saifur Rahman +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, evidence from newspapers, social media, remote sensing and organisational data were used to assess the impact of national lockdown on forest and wildlife conservation, including the forest-dependent people in Bangladesh.
Journal ArticleDOI
The application of WhatsApp to support online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia
TL;DR: In this article, a study aimed to evaluate university students' technological acceptance and connectedness to online learning with WhatsApp support, and found that most students accepted social media use to support learning and felt connected to the learning.
Journal ArticleDOI
Behavioural intention of receiving COVID-19 vaccination, social media exposures and peer discussions in China.
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors investigated behavioral intentions to receive free and self-paid COVID-19 vaccinations among Chinese university students if the vaccine was 80% effective with rare mild side effects.
Journal ArticleDOI
Media consumption and mental health during COVID-19 lockdown: a UK cross-sectional study across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used Logistic Regression analysis to examine the influence of socio-demographic and media specific factors on anxiety and depression on the Generalised Anxiety Disorder Scale (GAD-7) and Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9).
References
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
An interactive web-based dashboard to track COVID-19 in real time.
TL;DR: The outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has induced a considerable degree of fear, emotional stress and anxiety among individuals around the world.
Journal ArticleDOI
Detection of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) by real-time RT-PCR.
Victor M. Corman,Olfert Landt,Marco Kaiser,Richard Molenkamp,Adam Meijer,Daniel K.W. Chu,Tobias Bleicker,Sebastian Brünink,Julia Schneider,Marie Luisa Schmidt,Daphne G.J.C. Mulders,Bart L. Haagmans,Bas van der Veer,Sharon van den Brink,Lisa Wijsman,Gabriel Goderski,Jean Louis Romette,Joanna Ellis,Maria Zambon,Malik Peiris,Herman Goossens,Chantal B.E.M. Reusken,Marion Koopmans,Christian Drosten +23 more
TL;DR: A validated diagnostic workflow for 2019-nCoV is presented, its design relying on close genetic relatedness of 2019- nCoV with SARS coronavirus, making use of synthetic nucleic acid technology.
Journal ArticleDOI
A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern.
Journal ArticleDOI
Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response.
Jay J. Van Bavel,Katherine Baicker,Paulo S. Boggio,Valerio Capraro,Aleksandra Cichocka,Aleksandra Cichocka,Mina Cikara,Molly J. Crockett,Alia J. Crum,Karen M. Douglas,James N. Druckman,John Drury,Oeindrila Dube,Naomi Ellemers,Eli J. Finkel,James H. Fowler,Michele J. Gelfand,Shihui Han,S. Alexander Haslam,Jolanda Jetten,Shinobu Kitayama,Dean Mobbs,Lucy E. Napper,Dominic J. Packer,Gordon Pennycook,Ellen Peters,Richard E. Petty,David G. Rand,Stephen Reicher,Simone Schnall,Azim F. Shariff,Linda J. Skitka,Sandra Susan Smith,Cass R. Sunstein,Nassim Tabri,Joshua A. Tucker,Sander van der Linden,Paul A. M. Van Lange,Kim A. Weeden,Michael J. A. Wohl,Jamil Zaki,Sean R. Zion,Robb Willer +42 more
TL;DR: Evidence from a selection of research topics relevant to pandemics is discussed, including work on navigating threats, social and cultural influences on behaviour, science communication, moral decision-making, leadership, and stress and coping.
Journal ArticleDOI
Isolation, quarantine, social distancing and community containment: pivotal role for old-style public health measures in the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak.
TL;DR: Public health measures were decisive in controlling the SARS epidemic in 2003 but whether these measures will be sufficient to control 2019-nCoV depends on addressing some unanswered questions.