Understanding the impacts of emerging infectious disease (EID) media exposure: the case of U.S. Ebola virus disease (EVD).
Using the Extended Parallel Processing Model (EPPM) as a theoretical framework this study examines the impact of Ebola virus disease (EVD) media exposure on U.S. audience perceptions of the threat severity, personal susceptibility, and behavioral intentions to respond to the 2014 Ebola virus disease...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Communication in Healthcare Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 31 - 41 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2021
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=149252618&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 149252618 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 17538068 88TW jtl: Journal of Communication in Healthcare issn: 17538068 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Mar2021 vid: 14 iid: 1 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 149252618 148418808 149252618 149252618 10.1080/17538068.2021.1877603 149252618 ppf: 31 ppct: 10 formats: tig: atl: Understanding the impacts of emerging infectious disease (EID) media exposure: the case of U.S. Ebola virus disease (EVD). aug: au: Mason, A. M. Wright, Kevin B. Lambert, Laura affil: Department of Communication, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS, USA sug: subj: Hemorrhagic Fever, Ebola Epidemiology Disease Outbreaks Communications Media Severity of Illness Disease Susceptibility Public Opinion Evaluation Human Male Female Adolescence Adult Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over United States Conceptual Framework Questionnaires Fear Health Behavior Motivation Infection Control Self-Efficacy Consumer Health Information Risk Assessment Health Care Delivery Trust Multivariate Analysis of Variance Descriptive Statistics Analysis of Variance Adolescent: 13-18 years Adult: 19-44 years Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: Using the Extended Parallel Processing Model (EPPM) as a theoretical framework this study examines the impact of Ebola virus disease (EVD) media exposure on U.S. audience perceptions of the threat severity, personal susceptibility, and behavioral intentions to respond to the 2014 Ebola virus disease (EVD) threat. Respondents included (n = 255) residents from the Midwest and Southern regions of U.S. Participants completed an online survey between 28 October and 3 December 2014 during the height of Ebola-related media coverage. Findings reveal that increased exposure to EVD media content was associated with increased threat severity and personal susceptibility. According to the EPPM this is a prerequisite to engaging in either fear control or danger control processes. Increased consumption of Ebola-related media content was found to increase the audience willingness to engage in protective behaviors. These findings support the position that increased exposure to EVD media content motivated individuals to engage in danger control, opposed to fear control processes (Roberto AJ, Goodall CE, Witte K. Raising the alarm and calming fears: perceived threat and efficacy during risk and crisis. In: Handbook of risk and crisis communication; 2010). This study offers a number of implications in terms of better understanding audience reactions to EID cases and practical implications for health campaign practitioners. Early-stage risk communication about emerging infectious disease (EID) threats need to focus on building and maintaining trust, addressing knowledge gaps, and developing reasonable understandings of threat severity and public susceptibility. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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