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Considering Emotion in COVID-19 Vaccine Communication: Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy and Fostering Vaccine Confidence by Chou, Wen-Ying Sylvia, Budenz, Alexandra

“…Long-term control of the COVID-19 pandemic hinges in part on the development and uptake of a preventive vaccine. In addition to a segment of population that…”
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The Effects of Social Media Use on Preventive Behaviors during Infectious Disease Outbreaks: The Mediating Role of Self-relevant Emotions and Public Risk Perception by Oh, Sang-Hwa, Lee, Seo Yoon, Han, Changhyun

“…While there has been increasing attention to the role of social media during infectious disease outbreaks, relatively little is known about the underlying…”
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"Not Soldiers but Fire-fighters" - Metaphors and Covid-19 by Semino, Elena

“…Metaphors have been widely used in communication about the Covid-19 pandemic. The virus has been described, for example, as an "enemy" to be "beaten," a…”
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See Something, Say Something: Correction of Global Health Misinformation on Social Media by Bode, Leticia, Vraga, Emily K.

“…Social media are often criticized for being a conduit for misinformation on global health issues, but may also serve as a corrective to false information. To…”
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Seeking Formula for Misinformation Treatment in Public Health Crises: The Effects of Corrective Information Type and Source by van der Meer, Toni G. L. A., Jin, Yan

“…An increasing lack of information truthfulness has become a fundamental challenge to communications. Insights into how to debunk this type of misinformation…”
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Evaluating the Impact of Attempts to Correct Health Misinformation on Social Media: A Meta-Analysis by Walter, Nathan, Brooks, John J., Saucier, Camille J., Suresh, Sapna

“…Social media poses a threat to public health by facilitating the spread of misinformation. At the same time, however, social media offers a promising avenue to…”
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Online Health Information Seeking: A Review and Meta-Analysis by Wang, Xiaohui, Shi, Jingyuan, Kong, Hanxiao

“…Online health information, as an emerging field in health communication research, has attracted close attention from researchers. To identify major…”
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Association of COVID-19 Misinformation with Face Mask Wearing and Social Distancing in a Nationally Representative US Sample by Hornik, Robert, Kikut, Ava, Jesch, Emma, Woko, Chioma, Siegel, Leeann, Kim, Kwanho

“…Wide-spread misinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic has presented challenges for communicating public health recommendations. Should campaigns to promote…”
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Media Exposure and Health Behavior during Pandemics: The Mediating Effect of Perceived Knowledge and Fear on Compliance with COVID-19 Prevention Measures by Melki, Jad, Tamim, Hani, Hadid, Dima, Farhat, Sally, Makki, Maha, Ghandour, Lara, Hitti, Eveline

“…Emerging research has examined the role of media coverage of diseases in influencing people's health behavior, particularly their compliance with prevention…”
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The Health Belief Model as an Explanatory Framework in Communication Research: Exploring Parallel, Serial, and Moderated Mediation by Jones, Christina L., Jensen, Jakob D., Scherr, Courtney L., Brown, Natasha R., Christy, Katheryn, Weaver, Jeremy

“…The Health Belief Model (HBM) posits that messages will achieve optimal behavior change if they successfully target perceived barriers, benefits,…”
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Protection Motivation and the COVID-19 Virus by Kowalski, Robin M., Black, Kelly J.

“…The current study examined the role of the components of the Protection Motivation Theory of Health (PMT) in predicting protective health behaviors related to…”
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Trapped in a Double Bind: Chinese Overseas Student Anxiety during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Ma, Haijing, Miller, Claude

“…The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV-2), the COVID-19 disease cases stemming from it, and the resulting pandemic have imposed severe,…”
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Do Social Norms Influence Young People's Willingness to Take the COVID-19 Vaccine? by Sinclair, Samantha, Agerström, Jens

“…Although young adults are not at great risk of becoming severely ill with COVID-19, their willingness to get vaccinated affects the whole community. Vaccine…”
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Just-in-the-Moment Adaptive Interventions (JITAI): A Meta-Analytical Review by Wang, Liyuan, Miller, Lynn Carol

“…A just-in-time, adaptive intervention (JITAI) is an emerging type of intervention that provides tailored support at the exact time of need. It does so using…”
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Uplifting Fear Appeals: Considering the Role of Hope in Fear-Based Persuasive Messages by Nabi, Robin L., Myrick, Jessica Gall

“…Fear appeal research has focused, understandably, on fear as the primary emotion motivating attitude and behavior change. However, while the threat component…”
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Public Health Messaging during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Lessons from Communication Science by Nan, Xiaoli, Iles, Irina A., Yang, Bo, Ma, Zexin

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that effective public health messaging is an indispensable component of a robust pandemic response system. In this…”
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Effects of Vaccine-Related Conspiracy Theories on Chinese Young Adults' Perceptions of the HPV Vaccine: An Experimental Study by Chen, Li, Zhang, Yafei, Young, Rachel, Wu, Xianwei, Zhu, Ge

“…This online experiment used the Theory of Planned Behavior to examine the impact of exposure to conspiracy social media messages on Chinese young adults'…”
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Why Do Some Americans Resist COVID-19 Prevention Behavior? An Analysis of Issue Importance, Message Fatigue, and Reactance Regarding COVID-19 Messaging by Ball, Hannah, Wozniak, Tayah Renea

“…Despite the rapid transmission of and death toll claimed by COVID-19, there is evidence of resistance toward behaviors shown to effectively prevent and slow…”
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Communicating Scientific Uncertainty in an Age of COVID-19: An Investigation into the Use of Preprints by Digital Media Outlets by Fleerackers, Alice, Riedlinger, Michelle, Moorhead, Laura, Ahmed, Rukhsana, Alperin, Juan Pablo

“…In this article, we investigate the surge in use of COVID-19-related preprints by media outlets. Journalists are a main source of reliable public health…”
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Understanding and Predicting the Adoption of Fitness Mobile Apps: Evidence from China by Wei, Jiuchang, Vinnikova, Anna, Lu, Liangdong, Xu, Jia

“…Increasing global interest in diet and fitness mobile applications (apps) has prompted the question: What are the factors affecting users' adoption and usage…”
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