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What triggers online help-seeking retransmission during the COVID-19 period? Empirical evidence from Chinese social media.
Luo, Chen; Li, Yuru; Chen, Anfan; Tang, Yulong.
  • Luo C; School of Journalism and Communication, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
  • Li Y; Department of Communication, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, United States of America.
  • Chen A; Centre for Media, Communication & Information Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
  • Tang Y; School of Humanity and Social Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China.
PLoS One ; 15(11): e0241465, 2020.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-902053
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ABSTRACT
The past nine months witnessed COVID-19's fast-spreading at the global level. Limited by medical resources shortage and uneven facilities distribution, online help-seeking becomes an essential approach to cope with public health emergencies for many ordinaries. This study explores the driving forces behind the retransmission of online help-seeking posts. We built an analytical framework that emphasized content characteristics, including information completeness, proximity, support seeking type, disease severity, and emotion of help-seeking messages. A quantitative content analysis was conducted with a probability sample consisting of 727 posts. The results illustrate the importance of individual information completeness, high proximity, instrumental support seeking. This study also demonstrates slight inconformity with the severity principle but stresses the power of anger in help-seeking messages dissemination. As one of the first online help-seeking diffusion analyses in the COVID-19 period, our research provides a reference for constructing compelling and effective help-seeking posts during a particular period. It also reveals further possibilities for harnessing social media's power to promote reciprocal and cooperative actions as a response to this deepening global concern.
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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Social Support / Online Systems / Coronavirus Infections / Information Dissemination / Information Seeking Behavior / Pandemics / Social Media Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: PLoS One Journal subject: Science / Medicine Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Journal.pone.0241465

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Full text: Available Collection: International databases Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Pneumonia, Viral / Social Support / Online Systems / Coronavirus Infections / Information Dissemination / Information Seeking Behavior / Pandemics / Social Media Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Qualitative research Limits: Humans Country/Region as subject: Asia Language: English Journal: PLoS One Journal subject: Science / Medicine Year: 2020 Document Type: Article Affiliation country: Journal.pone.0241465