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Exploring How Media Influence Preventive Behavior and Excessive Preventive Intention during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China

by 1,2, 2, 1,2,* and 3
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Center for Studies of Media Development, Key Research Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences at Universities, Ministry of Education, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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School of Journalism and Communication, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
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School of Foreign Languages, Central China Normal University, Wuhan 430072, China
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(21), 7990; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217990
Received: 22 September 2020 / Revised: 11 October 2020 / Accepted: 19 October 2020 / Published: 30 October 2020
In the context of global fighting against the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic, how to promote the public implementation of preventive behavior is the top priority of pandemic prevention and control. This study aimed at probing how the media would affect the public’s preventive behavior and excessive preventive intention accordingly. Data were collected from 653 respondents in the Chinese mainland through online questionnaires and further analyzed by using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM). Taking risk perception, negative emotions, and subjective norms as mediators, this study explored the impact of mass media exposure and social networking services involvement on preventive behavior and excessive preventive intention. Based on differences in the severity of the pandemic, the samples were divided into the Wuhan group and other regions group for multi-group comparison. The results showed that mass media exposure had a significant positive impact on subjective norms; moreover, mass media exposure could significantly enhance preventive behavior through subjective norms, and social networking services involvement had a significant positive impact on negative emotions; meanwhile, social networking services involvement promoted excessive preventive intention through negative emotions. View Full-Text
Keywords: COVID-19; mass media exposure; social networking services involvement; preventive behavior; excessive preventive intention; PLS-SEM; multi-group comparison COVID-19; mass media exposure; social networking services involvement; preventive behavior; excessive preventive intention; PLS-SEM; multi-group comparison
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Liu, L.; Xie, J.; Li, K.; Ji, S. Exploring How Media Influence Preventive Behavior and Excessive Preventive Intention during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 7990. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217990

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Liu L, Xie J, Li K, Ji S. Exploring How Media Influence Preventive Behavior and Excessive Preventive Intention during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(21):7990. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217990

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Liu, Liqun, Jingzhong Xie, Ke Li, and Suhe Ji. 2020. "Exploring How Media Influence Preventive Behavior and Excessive Preventive Intention during the COVID-19 Pandemic in China" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 21: 7990. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17217990

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