Pandemics are characterized by extreme uncertainty and effective communication is critical
to help the public manage this uncertainty. We summarized scholarship on public …

We investigated how perceived risk and protective behaviors changed as the coronavirus
epidemic progressed. A longitudinal sample of 538 people responded to a COVID-19 risk …

Drawing on uncertainty theory, this study examines how to boost travel intention by
analyzing the impacts of uncertainty on the effectiveness of destination marketing messages …

The COVID crisis of the past three years has greatly impacted stakeholder relationships
between scientists, health providers, policy makers, pharmaceutical industry employees …

This study explored emotional distress and organizational support in the context of covering
the COVID-19 pandemic. A survey of 222 local journalists in the US revealed covering the …

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a global health crisis that stimulated journalists to frame
their stories around predictive models and forecasts aiming to predict the future trend of the …

Objective: The COVID-19 pandemic has generated debate as to whether community-level
behavioral restrictions are worth the emotional costs of such restrictions. Using a …

The COVID-19 pandemic has made older adults one of the main foci of media. This article
explores age-related language through a comparative analysis of headlines in the five …

Purpose Contemporary focus on infections and deaths in the event of pandemics may
distract health institutions and medical practitioners from the psychosocial consequences of …

The study examined whether caregiver worry of COVID-19 infection and co-existence
difficulty differentially predicted child mental health and wellbeing during the lockdown in …