The positive impact of social media on health behavior towards the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh: A web-based cross-sectional study

Irandoost

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

ObjectiveGetting COVID-19 makes a person confront numerous individual, physical, psychological, family and social challenges. Therefore, the present study was conducted to explain the experiences, challenges and adaptation strategies in patients with COVID-19 in Tehran, Iran.MethodsThe present study was performed with a qualitative approach and phenomenological method among 33 patients with COVID-19. From July 20 to September 21, access to participants and data collection were done in person (15 people) and by phone (18 people) through targeted sampling and snowball and semi-structured interviews. Data management was carried out using MAXQDA-2018 software and its analysis was done by the Colaizzi analysis method. Guba and Lincoln's criteria were also observed to improve the quality of results.ResultsAfter analyzing the data, two main categories and 17 subcategories were obtained, including (1) experiences and challenges (ignoring the disease, blaming, physical health disorders, mental problems, guilt, and remorse, being blamed, living a life of disappointment and ambiguity, emotional challenges, frustrating reactions from others, helplessness and limitation) and (2) disease adaptation strategies (spirituality, learning about COVID-19, doing valuable and fun activities, participating in treatment, strengthening one's spirit and hope, trying to make up for past mistakes and virtual communication).ConclusionsBased on the results, interventions and policies such as increasing people's health knowledge and literacy to get acquainted with the symptoms of the disease and prompt referral for diagnosis and treatment, teaching stress and psychological pressure management techniques, instructing families to continue emotional and social support for patients and strengthening and reproducing the strategies patients use, along with teaching disease coping skills, harnessing the potential of cyberspace and the media can make it easier to tolerate illness and get back to life.

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confidence: 99%

Explaining Experiences, Challenges and Adaptation Strategies in COVID-19 Patients: A Qualitative Study in Iran

Irandoost

et al. 2022

Front. Public Health

“…Most people clarify information, especially covid-19, using social media and television. Both were used to determine accurate and valid information [23].…”

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confidence: 99%

Information clarity about Covid-19 in Indonesia: does media exposure matter?

Pranata¹,

Laksono²,

Machfutra³

et al. 2022

BMC Public Health

Background Confusion of information has also colored the course of the Covid-19 pandemic in Indonesia. The study analyzes the relationship between media exposure and information clarity about Covid-19 in Indonesia. Methods The study collected extensive data (n = 5,397). The study determines information clarity about Covid-19 based on respondents' admissions. There were four types of media exposure analyzed: frequency of reading a newspaper/magazine, frequency of listening to a radio, frequency of watching television, and frequency of internet use. The study carried out a binary logistic regression test in the final stage. Results The results show read a newspaper/magazine every day is 1.670 times more likely than reading a newspaper/magazine > five days a week to get precise information about Covid-19. Reading a newspaper/magazine 2–3 days a week is 1.386 times more likely than reading a newspaper/magazine > five days a week to get precise information about Covid-19. Reading a newspaper/magazine 4–5 days a week is 1.470 times more likely than reading a newspaper/magazine > five days a week to get precise information about Covid-19. Watching television 2 to 3 days a week is 1.601 times more likely than watching television > five days a week to get clear details about Covid-19. Watching television 4 to 5 days a week are 1.452 times more likely than watching television > five days a week to get precise information about Covid-19. Conclusion The study concluded two types of media exposure related to information clarity about Covid-19 in Indonesia: the frequency of reading newspapers and watching television.

“…The inclusion of health care studies and programs causes social media to cover not just entertainment but also academic discoveries, thereby expanding key audience demographics. Although social media has a positive impact on raising domestic awareness about preventive measures [11], the amplification, inaccuracies, and misinformation about health [10,12], as well as the public's relatively negative perspectives on aspects of social media [13], indeed contribute to trustworthiness concerns [8]. In other words, social media usage and activity vary according to the material presented.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Social Media Industry: A Long-term Perspective

Chen¹

2023

BCPEP

With the emergence of the coronavirus pandemic around the world, social media has rapidly become an effective tool for information generation and broadcast, entertainment, marketing, and consumption. Depending on some studies, social distancing rules, lockdown measures, business closures, self-quarantines, and the fear of infection during the COVID-19 pandemic limited people's physical social interaction; as a result, individual and organizational activities on social media platforms grow explosively. This degree of social media popularity has a double-edged impact on the expansion and financial performance of social media companies. In this article, a well-known American corporation, Twitter, lnc. was chosen and daily stock data from January 2020 to April 2022 is extracted, as well as corresponding daily new confirmed cases in the US and around the world. The VAR model was applied in the study to evaluate the link between variables, and the ARMA-GARCH model was used to determine and analyze both earning ability and stock volatility throughout the pandemic. Interestingly, Twitter's financial performance is merely a microcosm of the entire stock market, in which investors can quickly rebound from pessimism and reinvest in the market. The study forecasts the possible future of the social media industry and provides managerial and investment recommendations to its stakeholders.