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The effects of social media news that userstrusted and verified on anxiety level and diseasecontrol perception in COVID-19 pandemic

Kullanıcıların güvendiği ve doğruladığı sosyal medya haberlerinin COVID-19 Pandemisinde kaygı düzeyi ve hastalık kontrol algısı üzerindeki etkileri

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23–32
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2022-10-17
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It is obvious that posts that are reliable and verified will play a key role in controlling anxiety level and disease perception.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: Since the beginning of the pandemic, social media users have been bombarded with news about the number of cases and deaths, virus origin, vaccine development process, symptoms, transmission ways, prevention and treatment methods of COVID-19.
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Key Findings & Data:This study was planned considering that the type of news sources and verification of the news was considerable and these affect the anxiety level and COVID-19 disease control perception.
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Conclusion & Impact:It is obvious that posts that are reliable and verified will play a key role in controlling anxiety level and disease perception.
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Objective: Since the beginning of the pandemic, social media users have been bombarded with news about the number of cases and deaths, virus origin, vaccine development process, symptoms, transmission ways, prevention and treatment methods of COVID-19. This study was planned considering that the type of news sources and verification of the news was considerable and these affect the anxiety level and COVID-19 disease control perception. It was considered that reliance on different types of social media accounts (official or unofficial), verifying social media posts with other news sources, frequency of exposure to negative COVID-19 social media contents may have effects on this state. The aim of this study was to reveal the effects of these three variables on anxiety level and COVID-19 disease control perception of participants. Method: The sample consisted of 1516 adults. Participants filled out instruments for sociodemographic data, verification/trust on posts of official/unofficial social media accounts, state anxiety, COVID-19 disease control perception, frequency of exposure to positive/negative COVID-19 social media contents. Results: It was detected that as trust in COVID-19 posts of official social media accounts increased, anxiety level decreased and COVID-19 disease control perception increased. It was observed that as exposure to negative COVID-19 social media contents increased, anxiety level increased and COVID-19 disease control perception decreased. There was no significant correlation between anxiety level and verifying the accuracy of social media posts with other news sources. Discussion: While physical contact accelerates the spread of COVID-19 disease, it was thought that digital contact could be a tool that could decelerate individual and mass anxiety if used appropriately. It is obvious that posts that are reliable and verified will play a key role in controlling anxiety level and disease perception.

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Amaç: Sosyal medya kullanıcıları pandemininbaşlangıcından itibaren COVID-19’a ilişkin vaka ve ölümsayıları, virüs kaynağı, aşı geliştirme süreci, hastalıksemptomları, bulaş yolları, önleme ve tedavi yöntemlerihakkında haberlerle bombardımana tutulmuştur. Buçalışma, haber kaynaklarının türü ve haberlerindoğrulanmasının önemli olduğu ve bunların kaygı düzeyiile COVID-19 hastalığı kontrol algısını etkilediğidüşünülerek planlanmıştır. Farklı sosyal medyahesaplarına (resmi veya resmi olmayan) güvenmenin,sosyal medya paylaşımlarını diğer haber kaynakları iledoğrulamanın, olumsuz COVID-19 sosyal medya içerik lerine maruz kalma sıklığının bu durumu etkileyebileceğidüşünülmektedir. Çalışmanın amacı, bu üç değişkeninkatılımcıların anksiyete düzeyi ve COVID-19 hastalığıkontrol algısı üzerindeki etkilerini ortaya çıkarmaktır.Yöntem: Örneklem 1516 yetişkinden oluşmaktadır.Katılımcılar, sosyodemografik veri formu, sosyal medyateyit/güven ölçeği, durumluk kaygı ölçeği, COVID-19hastalık kontrol algısı ölçeği ve pozitif / negatif COVID-19sosyal medya içeriklerine maruz kalma sıklığınındeğerlendirildiği formlar doldurmuşlardır. Bulgular:Resmi sosyal medya hesaplarının COVID-19paylaşımlarına olan güven arttıkça, kaygı düzeyininazaldığı ve COVID-19 hastalığı kontrol algısının arttığı;negatif COVID-19 sosyal medya içeriklerine maruz kalmaarttıkça anksiyete düzeyinin arttığı ve COVID-19 hastalığıkontrol algısının azaldığı görüldü. COVID-19’a ilişkinsosyal medya gönderilerini diğer haber kaynaklarındandoğrulamak ile anksiyete düzeyi arasında önemli bir ilişkibulunamadı. Sonuç: Fiziksel temas COVID-19hastalığının yayılmasını hızlandırırken, dijital temasınuygun şekilde kullanıldığı takdirde bireysel ve toplumsalkaygıyı azaltabilecek bir araç olabileceği düşünülmüştür.Güvenilir ve doğrulanmış gönderilerin kaygı düzeyini vehastalık algısını kontrol etmede anahtar roloynayabileceği dikkate alınmalıdır.

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GENİŞ, B., ÇOŞAR, B., ŞENTÜRK, E., MENKÜ, B. E. (2022). The effects of social media news that userstrusted and verified on anxiety level and diseasecontrol perception in COVID-19 pandemic. Klinik Psikiyatri Dergisi, Cilt: 24 - Sayı: 1, 23–32. https://ajindex.com/articles/573808

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