Mainstream, on-demand and social media consumption and trust in government handling of the COVID crisis

Laor, Tal; Lissitsa, Sabina

doi:10.1108/oir-06-2021-0299

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“…Media consumption. The media consumption about COVID-19 can increase trust in governmental actions [41] and compliance with prevention measures [42], but on the other hand, can induce state anxiety when it is excessive [43,44]. Indeed, in our study, we found that more frequent access to COVID-19-related information was positively associated with support for restrictive policies.…”

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confidence: 45%

Psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Combining a web survey with experience sampling methodology

2023

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COVID-19-related regulations have impacted the economy and people’s well-being, highlighting the long-standing problem of inequality. This research explored how COVID-19-related restrictive policies, such as a lockdown or social distancing, affected people’s well-being. In Study 1, a cross-sectional online survey (N = 685), we examined the associations between socio-economic characteristics, the number of resources, their relative change, people’s stress levels, and their support of restrictive policies. We found that financial loss due to COVID-19, the number of children at home, and the intensity of restrictive measures were associated with higher stress by restrictive measures. The lower support for restrictive measures was observed among those who experienced financial loss due to COVID-19, had more children at home, less frequently accessed COVID-19-related information in the media, and did not perform self-isolation. Men were generally less supportive of restrictions than women, and the number of new COVID-19 cases was negatively related to the support. Lower stress and higher support for restrictive measures were positively associated with life satisfaction. In Study 2, an experience-sampling survey (Nparticipants = 46, Nresponses = 1112), the participants rated their well-being and level of available resources daily for one month. We observed that daily increases in well-being, characterized by higher life satisfaction and lower levels of stress and boredom, were positively associated with more social communication and being outdoors. In summary, the findings support the resource and demand framework, which states that people with access to resources can better cope with the demands of restrictive policies. Implications for policies and interventions to improve well-being are discussed.

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Psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Combining a web survey with experience sampling methodology

2023

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“…“Slacktivism” is term used in the literature (Kwak et al ., 2018; Lim, 2013) to describe the passive use of likes and comments in response to social media memes, which requires little effort and minimum investment of time (Kwak et al ., 2018). Previous research has established a correlation between the portrayal of governmental affairs in the media and a reduction in the level of confidence the populace has in the administration, concomitant with an escalation in their apprehension, during the COVID-19 pandemic (Laor and Lissitsa, 2022). One might have anticipated the employment of social media by the public as a tool for urging action, given the aforementioned downturn in trust in governmental procedures; however, contrary to this hypothesis, this current study reveals a contradictory outcome.…”

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confidence: 99%

Are memes selfish? How Internet memes reflect crisis–Covid-19 pandemic in Israel

Laor

2023

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PurposeThe paper aims to explore, using an analysis of the three components of memes content, form and stance – whether and how the memes offer a broad picture of a specific society during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.Design/methodology/approachThe author collected, from the two largest Facebook groups in Israel, 25 memes with the largest number of likes in each month, beginning from the month in which awareness of COVID-19 increased significantly, between March 2020 and February 2019. A total of 597 memes were collected. The data were analyzed by a quantitative and qualitative analysis.FindingsFindings indicate that meme culture effectively reflects a society’s situation and the challenges it faces. Memes also reflect local cultural icons and effects. Meme contents vary across groups. During a crisis, memes do not function as fertile groups for sharp criticism or calls to take action to resolve society’s social ills.Practical implicationsMemes may serve as a tool to understand and explore an unfamiliar, foreign culture, its state of mind and its history through meme culture.Social implicationsMemes may constitute a platform for relieving stress through light-hearted humor, unaccompanied by a true call to action; that is, “slacktivism” which gives a sense of active participation without involvement in actual activities for change.Originality/valueThe study reveals that the Israeli meme culture is not activist and rather focuses on humor to relieve stress. Memes may be used as “bread and circuses” or a means of “slacktivism” that fails to call to genuine activism.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-07-2022-0381

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“…The issue gets acute when such content becomes viral within minutes (Pop et al, 2022;L az aroiu and Adams, 2020). Past studies have identified social media as a potential source of dissemination of crisis-related information (Paul and Das, 2022;Laor and Lissitsa, 2022). Social media users were found instantaneously reporting events with videos and photos in the case of natural disasters (i.e.…”

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Factors affecting misinformation combating intention in Pakistan during COVID-19

Malik

Islam

Mahmood

2022

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PurposeMisinformation on social media has become a great threat across the globe. Therefore, the authors aim to provide a comprehensive understanding of social media users' misinformation combating behavior, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the authors merged the uses and gratifications theory, social cognitive theory and theory of prosocial behavior into one theoretical framework (e.g. information seeking, status seeking, entertainment and norms of reciprocity) to understand their effect on users' prosocial media sharing experience and misinformation self-efficacy to combat misinformation.Design/methodology/approachThe authors collected data from 356 social media users through “Google Forms” during the third wave of coronavirus in Pakistan. Further, the authors applied structural equation modeling for hypotheses testing.FindingsThe authors noted that entertainment and perceived norms of reciprocity positively affect social media users' prior experience and misinformation self-efficacy to enhance their misinformation combating intention. However, information seeking positively affects social media users' prior experience and insignificantly affects their misinformation self-efficacy. Similarly, status seeking was noted to be insignificantly associated with social media users' prior experience and misinformation self-efficacy.Research limitations/implicationsThe authors tested this model of misinformation combating intention in a developing country during the COVID-19 pandemic and noted that entertainment and status seeking motives are context-specific. Therefore, this study may likely benefit researchers, academicians and policymakers to understand the causal relationship between motivations and the behavior of combating misinformation on social media within a developing country.Originality/valueIn this study the authors merged three theories (e.g. uses and gratifications theory, social cognitive theory and theory of prosocial behavior) to understand information seeking, status seeking, entertainment and norms of reciprocity as the main motives for social media users' misinformation combating intention.

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Mainstream, on-demand and social media consumption and trust in government handling of the COVID crisis

Cited by 13 publications

References 58 publications

Psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Combining a web survey with experience sampling methodology

Psychological well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Combining a web survey with experience sampling methodology

Are memes selfish? How Internet memes reflect crisis–Covid-19 pandemic in Israel

Factors affecting misinformation combating intention in Pakistan during COVID-19

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