Purpose This study investigates the communication behavior of public health organizations
on Twitter during the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Brazil. It contributes to the …

Social networking sites offer politicians an opportunity to mobilize followers through carefully
crafted messages appealing to their emotions. We examine the effects of uncivil and post …

The current study evaluated the impact of psychological wellbeing on sleep quality during
the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. A novel empirical model tested variables that mediate …

Vaccines represent one of the greatest health efforts to help combat diseases, yet they often
evoke emotional responses among individuals. These emotional responses can influence …

While most health communication studies tend to adopt an information-based approach to
unpacking the communication issues around COVID-19, scant attention has been paid to …

Vaccine hesitancy is a significant public health concern, with numerous studies
demonstrating its negative impact on immunization rates. One factor that can influence …

The same individuals can express very different emotions in online social media with
respect to face-to-face interactions, partially because of intrinsic limitations of the digital …

Understanding public emotions in crises is crucial to effective public policy management for
governments. This study examines the relationship between pandemic management …

A protest is a collective action undertaken by a group of people to achieve a common goal.
Participation in protests is motivated by appraisals of a social condition. The dual pathway …

Background: Unlike past pandemics, COVID-19 is different to the extent that there is an
unprecedented surge in both peer-reviewed and preprint research publications, and …