[HTML][HTML] Digital technologies in the public-health response to COVID-19

J Budd, BS Miller, EM Manning, V Lampos, M Zhuang… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Digital technologies are being harnessed to support the public-health response to COVID-
19 worldwide, including population surveillance, case identification, contact tracing and …

Social media and vaccine hesitancy: new updates for the era of COVID-19 and globalized infectious diseases

N Puri, EA Coomes, H Haghbayan… - Human vaccines & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Despite major advances in vaccination over the past century, resurgence of vaccine-
preventable illnesses has led the World Health Organization to identify vaccine hesitancy as …

Social media use and mental health during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Moderator role of disaster stressor and mediator role of negative affect

N Zhao, G Zhou - Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐Being, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Informed by the differential susceptibility to media effects model (DSMM), the
current study aims to investigate associations of COVID‐19‐related social media use with …

Teachers' attitudes towards social media (SM) use in online learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic: the effects of SM use by teachers and religious scholars during …

NA Jogezai, FA Baloch, M Jaffar, T Shah, GK Khilji… - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
The adoption of physical distancing and quarantine amid the COVID-19 pandemic to contain
virus spread has left the world with schools' closure. In response, schools have shifted into …

[PDF][PDF] The COVID-19 pandemic and the antecedants for the impulse buying behavior of US Citizens.

RR Ahmed, D Streimikiene, JA Rolle… - Journal of …, 2020 - researchgate.net
In an analysis based on the theory of Fear, this study examines impulse purchase patterns
during the COVID-19 Pandemic across major US urban centers. Data from 889 US …

Adherence to COVID‐19 precautionary measures: Applying the health belief model and generalised social beliefs to a probability community sample

KK Tong, JH Chen, EW Yu… - … Psychology: Health and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background In the face of the global pandemic of coronavirus disease‐2019 (COVID‐19),
people's adherence to precautionary behavioral measures (eg social distancing) largely …

Social media and trust in scientific expertise: Debating the Covid-19 pandemic in the Netherlands

J Van Dijck, D Alinejad - Social Media+ Society, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This article examines the role of social media dynamics in the public exchange of
information between scientists (experts), government (policy-makers), mass media …

Factors influencing the decision to utilize eTax systems during the COVID-19 pandemic: the moderating role of anxiety of COVID-19 infection

M Al-Okaily, D Al-Fraihat, MM Al-Debei… - International Journal of …, 2022 - igi-global.com
This study examines the usage of eTax systems using the unified theory of acceptance and
use of technology (UTAUT) as a theoretical base. A quantitative methodology using partial …

[HTML][HTML] Loneliness and psychological distress before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: Relationships with social media identity bubbles

R Latikka, A Koivula, R Oksa, N Savela… - Social Science & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on well-being and mental health are a concern
worldwide. This article is based on two longitudinal studies that investigated the role of …

Countering misinformation via WhatsApp: Preliminary evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe

J Bowles, H Larreguy, S Liu - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
We examine how information from trusted social media sources can shape knowledge and
behavior when misinformation and mistrust are widespread. In the context of the COVID-19 …