Health information overload among health consumers: A scoping review

I Khaleel, BC Wimmer, GM Peterson, STR Zaidi… - Patient education and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objective To examine and identify the scope of research addressing health information
overload in consumers. Methods In accordance with a published protocol, six electronic …

Assessment of COVID-19 information overload among the general public

M Mohammed, A Sha'aban, AI Jatau, I Yunusa… - Journal of racial and …, 2021 - Springer
Background A relentless flood of information accompanied the novel coronavirus 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic. False news, conspiracy theories, and magical cures were shared …

Antecedents and consequences of information overload in the COVID-19 pandemic

H Hong, HJ Kim - International journal of environmental research and …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The global outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in 2020 has significantly affected
the information environment as well as the daily life of individuals across the world, with …

[HTML][HTML] Fatalism in the context of COVID-19: Perceiving coronavirus as a death sentence predicts reluctance to perform recommended preventive behaviors

T Jimenez, A Restar, PJ Helm, RI Cross, D Barath… - SSM-population …, 2020 - Elsevier
To manage the spread of coronavirus, health entities have urged the public to take
preventive measures such as social distancing and handwashing. Yet, many appear …

Antecedents of news avoidance: competing effects of political interest, news overload, trust in news media, and “news finds me” perception

M Goyanes, A Ardèvol-Abreu, H Gil de Zúñiga - Digital Journalism, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Recent changes in the media environment make it easier than ever for people to actively
shape their news repertoires according to their habits, needs, and preferences. As …

Patients with cancer and social media: harness benefits, avoid drawbacks

D Gentile, MJ Markham, T Eaton - Journal of oncology practice, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Social media (SM) platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and online cancer
support groups are an emerging source of social support. However, oncology care …

Avoiding real news, believing in fake news? Investigating pathways from information overload to misbelief

EC Tandoc Jr, HK Kim - Journalism, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This study sought to examine the potential role of news avoidance in belief in COVID-19
misinformation. Using two-wave panel survey data in Singapore, we found that information …

Consequences of online misinformation on COVID-19: two potential pathways and disparity by eHealth literacy

HK Kim, EC Tandoc Jr - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The COVID-19 pandemic poses an unprecedented threat to global human wellbeing, and
the proliferation of online misinformation during this critical period amplifies the challenge …

Message fatigue: Conceptual definition, operationalization, and correlates

J So, S Kim, H Cohen - Communication Monographs, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Despite growing concern over the public's fatigue toward inundated health messages,
communication research has largely neglected such ramifications of prolonged, real-life …

Contextualized impacts of an infodemic on vaccine hesitancy: The moderating role of socioeconomic and cultural factors

F Lin, X Chen, EW Cheng - Information Processing & Management, 2022 - Elsevier
This study examines how perceived information overload and misinformation affect vaccine
hesitancy and how this is moderated by structural and cultural factors. By applying and …