The causes, impacts and countermeasures of COVID-19 “Infodemic”: A systematic review using narrative synthesis

W Pian, J Chi, F Ma - Information processing & management, 2021 - Elsevier
An unprecedented infodemic has been witnessed to create massive damage to human
society. However, it was not thoroughly investigated. This systematic review aims to (1) …

[HTML][HTML] Online health information seeking behaviors among older adults: systematic scoping review

YC Zhao, M Zhao, S Song - Journal of medical internet research, 2022 - jmir.org
Background With the world's population aging, more health-conscious older adults are
seeking health information to make better-informed health decisions. The rapid growth of the …

[HTML][HTML] From information seeking to information avoidance: Understanding the health information behavior during a global health crisis

SH Soroya, A Farooq, K Mahmood, J Isoaho… - Information processing & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Individuals seek information for informed decision-making, and they consult a variety of
information sources nowadays. However, studies show that information from multiple …

What motivates Chinese consumers to avoid information about the COVID-19 pandemic?: The perspective of the stimulus-organism-response model

S Song, X Yao, N Wen - Information Processing & Management, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigated consumers' information-avoidance behavior in the context of a public
health emergency—the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Guided by the stimulus-organism …

Short video apps as a health information source: an investigation of affordances, user experience and users' intention to continue the use of TikTok

S Song, YC Zhao, X Yao, Z Ba, Q Zhu - Internet Research, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose Although leveraging social media to access healthcare information is nothing new,
a boom in short video apps offers new potential for disseminating health-related information …

[PDF][PDF] COVID-19: Access to Information, Health Service, Daily Life Facility and Risk Perception of Foreigners during Coronavirus pandemic in South Korea

MNI Sarker, ML Raihan, Y Peng… - Archives of …, 2021 - archivesofmedicalscience.com
Introduction: The coronavirus disease outbreak has become a top global challenge. Critical
issues have emerged regarding access to information, health services, and daily …

[HTML][HTML] Information-seeking patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic across the United States: Longitudinal analysis of Google trends data

T Mangono, P Smittenaar, Y Caplan, VS Huang… - Journal of Medical …, 2021 - jmir.org
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted people's lives at unprecedented speed
and scale, including how they eat and work, what they are concerned about, how much they …

Converting readers to patients? From free to paid knowledge-sharing in online health communities

F Meng, X Zhang, L Liu, C Ren - Information Processing & Management, 2021 - Elsevier
Although the sharing of knowledge in online health communities (OHCs) has been explored
in recent years, little research has been done to explore the relationship between general …

Promoting users' intention to share online health articles on social media: The role of confirmation bias

H Zhao, S Fu, X Chen - Information Processing & Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Nowadays, it is a common practice for healthcare professionals to spread medical
knowledge by posting health articles on social media. However, promoting users' intention …

Serious information in hedonic social applications: affordances, self-determination and health information adoption in TikTok

S Song, YC Zhao, X Yao, Z Ba, Q Zhu - Journal of Documentation, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Hedonic social applications have been increasingly popular among health
information consumers. However, it remains unclear what motivates consumers to adopt …