Red Media, Blue Media, Trump Briefings, and COVID-19: Examining How Information Sources Predict Risk Preventive Behaviors via Threat and Efficacy.

Upon the growing concern over a massive infodemic and politicization of health issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, this study investigated how individuals' use of partisan media and Trump briefings, along with other information sources, predicts risk preventive behaviors. Drawing on the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM), our survey analysis (= 1,106) revealed that those obtaining COVID-19 information from conservative media and Trump briefings were less likely to believe that COVID-19 is a serious threat (perceived threat) and that recommended preventive behaviors are effective and feasible (perceived efficacy). These beliefs, in turn, resulted in their decreased intentions to adopt risk preventative behaviors.

When Health Organization Answers the Question: Differential Effects of Dialogic Messages in Website and Twitter through Social Presence and Psychological Distance.

Although there has been a consensus that health organizations should better utilize dialogic capabilities of online platforms, little is known about if the effectiveness of dialogic communication varies across message platforms, and if so, why. An experiment ( = 209) examined how message platforms (i.e.

Effects of Media Frame and Onset Controllability on Support for Postpartum Depression Policy.

This study examined the processes through which media frames and onset controllability, independently or jointly, influence support for policies to help postpartum depression patients. A 2 (Frame: episodic vs. thematic) x 2 (Onset controllability: controllable vs.