Portrayal of risk information and its impact on audiences' risk perception during the Covid-19 pandemic: A multi-method approach.

Over the last years, infectious diseases have been traveling across international borders faster than ever before, resulting in major public health crises such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Given the rapid changes and unknown risks that mark such events, risk communication faces the challenge to raise awareness and concern among the public without creating panic. Drawing on the social amplification of risk framework-a concept that theorizes how and why risks are amplified or attenuated during the (1) transfer of risk information (by, for instance, news media) and (2) audiences' interpretation and perception of these information-we were interested in the portrayal of risk information and its impact on audiences' risk perception over the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany.

(De)Stigmatizing Depression on Social Media: The Role of Responsibility Frames.

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 ( = 1,015) revealed that frames emphasizing the responsibility of one's social network (e.

Effects of Health Responsibility Frames: Testing a Mediation Model of Attributions, Emotions, and Social Support Intentions.

When news stories cover health and illness, they often address issues of responsibility. These can affect recipients' responsibility beliefs (i.e.

The media's coverage and framing of hospital reforms: The case of Denmark.

The Danish hospital landscape has been continuously restructured since the early 2000s. A structural reform reorganized the public sector, and a hospital reform restructured the hospital landscape, closing hospitals and concentrating specialized treatment in so-called super-hospitals. Reforms can generate considerable debate, including in the media, especially regarding sensitive topics like healthcare.

Assigning Responsibility for Depression and Diabetes: Frame Building Factors in Health Coverage.

Although frame building is a crucial part of framing in health communication, it is much less understood than media frames or their effects on audiences (i.e. frame setting).

A Systematic Review of Responsibility Frames and Their Effects in the Health Context.

Responsibility frames potentially shape the public perception of health issues such as obesity, diabetes, or mental illness, specifically regarding responsibility attributions for their causes and treatment. Which responsibility frames prevail in the health context, and the responses they may elicit from audiences, has not been studied systematically. This systematic review includes studies with different methodological approaches published between 2004 and 2019 ( = 68).

[Media coverage of prevention and treatment options using the examples of diabetes mellitus and depression].

Background: Diabetes mellitus and depression are diseases with a rising prevalence in Germany. Journalistic media coverage offers the opportunity to inform the public about options for prevention and therapy. Research shows that media portrayals of different prevention and treatment options might influence health behavior as well as policy support and eventually structural healthcare.