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THE EFFECT OF INFORMATION SOURCES ON THE FEAR OF COVID-19

Gül Karahan(ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0002-0323-3876
Veli Duyan(ANKARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ)0000-0003-4316-5756
Merve Deniz Pak Güre(Başkent Üniversitesi)0000-0001-7060-3729
Sayfa
76–89
Yayın Tarihi
2022-06-30
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Çalışma COVID-19 ile ilgili haber kaynaklarının çoğunlukla TV, sosyal medya ve çevrimiçi kaynaklardan oluştuğunu göstermektedir.

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Amaç & Hipotez:Bu çalışma, koronavirüs ile ilgili bilgi kaynaklarının neler olduğunu ve bunların COVID-19 korkusu üzerindeki etkisini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır.
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Temel Bulgular & Veri:Araştırmada Google Formlar aracılığıyla 1851 kişiye ulaşılmış; Sosyodemografik soru formu ve COVID-19 Korkusu Ölçeği kullanılmış ve veriler SPSS ile analiz edilmiştir.
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Sonuç & Katkı:Çalışma COVID-19 ile ilgili haber kaynaklarının çoğunlukla TV, sosyal medya ve çevrimiçi kaynaklardan oluştuğunu göstermektedir.
🔬Tür:Araştırma Makalesi
📍Kapsam:Genişletilmiş Akademik Örneklem
⚙️Değişkenler:COVID-19 · Haber · COVID-19 Korkusu

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Bu çalışma, koronavirüs ile ilgili bilgi kaynaklarının neler olduğunu ve bunların COVID-19 korkusu üzerindeki etkisini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Araştırmada Google Formlar aracılığıyla 1851 kişiye ulaşılmış; Sosyodemografik soru formu ve COVID-19 Korkusu Ölçeği kullanılmış ve veriler SPSS ile analiz edilmiştir. Çalışma COVID-19 ile ilgili haber kaynaklarının çoğunlukla TV, sosyal medya ve çevrimiçi kaynaklardan oluştuğunu göstermektedir. Cinsiyetlere göre haber kaynaklarının kullanımı açısından istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılık bulunmuştur. Yaş arttıkça haber kaynaklarının kullanımı azalmakta; eğitim seviyesi yükseldikçe haber kaynaklarının kullanımı artmaktadır. Haber kaynağı olarak TV, sosyal medya, çevrimiçi kaynaklar, arkadaş ve aile üyelerini kullananlar arasında COVID-19 korkusunda anlamlı bir farklılık bulunmuştur. Araştırmanın en çarpıcı bulgusu, ulaşılan haber kaynaklarının sayısı arttıkça COVID-19 korkusunun artmasıdır. Bu sonuç, daha fazla haber kaynağından edinilen daha fazla bilginin COVID-19 korkusu üzerindeki etkilerini ortaya koymakta, konunun bireysel ve toplumsal düzeyde ele alınması gereken farklı bir boyutuna işaret etmektedir.

Abstract

This study aims to examine what sources of coronavirus information are and their impact on the fear of COVID-19. This research reached 1851 people through Google Forms. The sociodemographic questionnaire and the Fear of COVID-19 Scale were used and the data were analyzed by SPSS. The study shows that news sources on COVID-19 consist mostly of TV, social media, and online sources. The differences were found in terms of news sources according to gender. As age increases, the use of news sources decreases; as the educational level increases, the use of news sources increases. There is a significant difference in the fear of COVID-19 among those who use television, social media, online resources, friends, and family members as news sources. The most remarkable finding of the research is that the fear of COVID-19 increases as the number of news sources reached increases. This result reveals the effects of more information obtained from more news sources on the fear of COVID-19, pointing to a different dimension of the issue that should be addressed at the individual and societal levels.

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Karahan, G., Duyan, V., Güre, M. D. P. (2022). THE EFFECT OF INFORMATION SOURCES ON THE FEAR OF COVID-19. Türk Uygulamalı Sosyal Hizmet Dergisi, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 1, 76–89. https://doi.org/10.54467/trjasw.1099685

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