COVID-19 Sensitization and the Media in the World of Information Overload
| dc.contributor.author | Talabi, Felix | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-24T14:53:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-09-24T14:53:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The end of November 2019 saw the initial discovery of COVID-19 in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. The rapidly changing facts on COVID- 19 are delivered through minute-by-minute updates, daily government brieings, and expert commentary. The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted individuals' mental health worldwide. This study investigated the relationship between COVID-19 sensitization and stress, anxiety, and depression, extensively using social media as a potential mediator and information overload as a moderator. Additionally, the study examined the application of technological determinism theory to understanding these associations. The research involved 146 undergraduate students at Redeemer's University, Nigeria, who completed a self-administered questionnaire. A quantitative research design with a cross-sectional approach was employed, and SmartPLS was used for data analysis. The results revealed a signiicant positive association between COVID- 19 sensitization and stress, anxiety, and depression. Social media use acted as a partial mediator, suggesting that individuals experiencing higher stress, anxiety, and depression levels were more likely to engage extensively with social media platforms, potentially reinforcing their COVID-19 sensitization. Furthermore, information overload signiicantly moderated the relationship between social media use and COVID-19 sensitization. Individuals with higher information overload experienced heightened COVID-19 sensitization when using social media extensively. Additionally, people are exposed to more information the more often they use media, which increases the possibility that they will experience information overload. . | |
| dc.identifier.uri | 10.57239/PJLSS-2023-21.1.0029 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.run.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4175 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Vol. 21; No 1 | |
| dc.title | COVID-19 Sensitization and the Media in the World of Information Overload | |
| dc.type | Article |