Combating pandemic: an exploration of social media users’ risk information seeking during the COVID-19 outbreak

Deny or bolster? A comparative study of crisis communication strategies between Trump and Cuomo in COVID-19

“…For example, in an attempt to diminish the severity of COVID-19, Trump floated a false idea that disinfectant injection helps cure COVID-19, which resulted in the deaths of some of his supporters who believed this misleading statement ( Yang & Tian, 2021 ). Therefore, the delivery of timely, factual, accurate, and transparent information should be assured, which helps the public establish facts, conform to advised health guidelines, reduce uncertainty, and empower self-resilience ( Lin et al, 2016 , Yang, 2021 ).…”

Explaining education-based difference in systematic processing of COVID-19 information: Insights into global recovery from infodemic

“…Second, although informational subjective norms mainly come from important ones such as family members and close friends (J. Yang, 2021 ; Z. J. Yang & Kahlor, 2013 ), the single-item measurement decreased the validity of informational subjective norms.…”

“…Although informational subjective norms are generated by a variety of social relationships, expectations from important ones such as family members and close friends were often used to measure informational subjective norms (J. Yang, 2021 ; Z. J. Yang & Kahlor, 2013 ).…”

Public information needs during the COVID-19 outbreak: a qualitative study in mainland China

“…Tran et al (2020) studied health and community workers in Vietnam with survey and cluster factor analysis to obtain coverage of COVIDrelated information through different sources. In addition, similar studies covered general practitioners in Australia (Copp et al, 2021), social media users (Yang, 2022) and cardiologists (Sugimoto et al, 2020) on their core concerns and primary sources of information.…”