How Media Literacy and Science Media Literacy Predicted the Adoption of Protective Behaviors Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
| العنوان: | How Media Literacy and Science Media Literacy Predicted the Adoption of Protective Behaviors Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic |
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| المؤلفون: | Bruce W. Austin, Shawn Domgaard, Erica Weintraub Austin, Ofer Amram, Jessica Fitts Willoughby |
| المصدر: | Journal of Health Communication. 26:239-252 |
| بيانات النشر: | Informa UK Limited, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Health (social science), Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), Health Behavior, Pneumonia, Viral, 050801 communication & media studies, Health literacy, Library and Information Sciences, Video-Audio Media, 03 medical and health sciences, 0508 media and communications, Surveys and Questionnaires, Pandemic, Humans, Mass Media, Sociology, Pandemics, Mass media, 030505 public health, SARS-CoV-2, business.industry, Communication, 05 social sciences, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, COVID-19, Public relations, United States, Health Literacy, Communicable Disease Control, Media literacy, Health information, 0305 other medical science, business |
| الوصف: | Individuals must navigate complex media environments filled with frequently changing and varyingly credible information to acquire and apply health information during times of uncertainty and danger. A process model tested in two U.S. national surveys in spring (N = 1220) and summer (N = 1264) of 2020 tested how three media literacy constructs (about sources, content, and science information) predicted the adoption of behaviors protective for COVID-19. Results showed that the three media literacy constructs were mediated by knowledge of COVID-19 (wave 1 TE = 0.190; wave 2 TE = 0.190) and expectancies (wave 1 TE = 0.496; wave 2 TE = 0.613). The model was confirmed as largely consistent across the two waves of data collection with independent samples. Results show the importance of expectancies for mediating the effects of media literacy, efficacy, and knowledge on behavior. The study suggests that media literacy and science media literacy skills aid health behavior adoption by contributing to knowledge gain and expectancies. |
| تدمد: | 1087-0415 1081-0730 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/10810730.2021.1899345 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::9a040dc023765822e42980e026369927 https://doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2021.1899345 |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....9a040dc023765822e42980e026369927 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 10870415 10810730 |
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| DOI: | 10.1080/10810730.2021.1899345 |