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Coronavirüsten korkmak: dijital sağlık haberi tüketiminin ve dijital yetkinliğin süreçteki rolü

Year 2020, , 101 - 112, 29.12.2020

Vehbi Gorgulu

https://doi.org/10.34231/iuyd.777356
Cited By: 1

Abstract

Coronavirüs (COVID-19 veya coronavirüs hastalığı 2019 olarak da anılmaktadır), 2020 yılı itibariyle küresel ölçekte en çok endişe uyandıran hastalıklardan biri haline dönüşmüştür. Bu endişede, virüsün günlük sosyal etkileşimle hızlı bir şekilde yayılma potansiyeli ve sosyal mobilizasyonun küresel ölçekteki yoğunluğu büyük bir rol oynamaktadır. Süreçte, dijital haber platformları ve sosyal ağlar, enformasyon paylaşımı bağlamında etkin bir öneme sahipken, bu paylaşımlar zaman zaman sosyal paniğin küresel ölçekte tetiklenmesiyle de sonuçlanabilmektedir. Mevcut çalışma, dijital yetkinlik, dijital sağlık haberi tüketimi ve coronavirüse yönelik duyulan korku arasındaki ilişkiyi kantitatif araştırma perspektifi içerisinde incelemektedir. Bu doğrultuda, geliştirilen ve ön test uygulaması yapılan anket çalışması aracılığıyla, toplamda 587 kişiye ulaşılmıştır. Eksik yanıtların yer aldığı anketlerin veri setinden çıkarılması sonucu edinilen örneklem 467 kişiden oluşmaktadır. Araştırmanın bulguları, dijital yetkinlik ve dijital sağlık haberi tüketimi arasında anlamlı bir ilişki olduğunu göstermekte, bu durum, dijital araçları tanıyan ve bu araçların kullanımında daha yetkin olan kişilerin, dijital sağlık haberlerini daha sık bir biçimde takip ettiklerine işaret etmektedir. Bir diğer önemli bulgu, dijital sağlık haberi tüketimi ile coronavirüse yönelik duyulan korku arasındaki anlamlı ilişkidir. Daha çok dijital sağlık haberi okuyan internet kullanıcısı bireylerin hastalığa yönelik duydukları korku da paralel biçimde artış göstermektedir. Bu bulgu, dijital haber mecralarının etki boyutunun büyüklüğüne işaret ederken, aynı zamanda haber üretim süreçlerinde sosyal bilince vurgu yapılmasının ve panik ortamının tetiklenmesinden kaçınılmasının gerekliliğine işaret etmektedir.

Keywords

COVID-19 Sağlık iletişimi Dijital yetkinlik Salgın Panik

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Fearing coronavirus: the role of digital health news consumption and competence

Year 2020, , 101 - 112, 29.12.2020

Vehbi Gorgulu

https://doi.org/10.34231/iuyd.777356
Cited By: 1

Abstract

The coronavirus (also referred as COVID-19 or coronavirus disease 2019) has become one of the major global health concerns around the world, as the geographies effected by the virus increases, as a result of social mobilities. The digital media outlets such as news platforms and online social networks play a key role in terms of informing the online audiences by raising awareness regarding the disease, while sometimes the opposite can be the case due to contents triggering societal panic at global level. The current study aims to explore potential relationships between digital literacy, digital health news consumption, and the fear of coronavirus, by applying a quantitative research perspective. A total of 587 respondents were reached online via the pilot-tested survey instrument. Following the removal of missing submissions, 467 participants remained. It is concluded that digital competency has a positive relationship with digital health news consumption, which means as digital literacy increases, the frequency of digital health news consumption practices rises up in return. Another important finding is related to fear felt towards coronavirus, as findings also indicate as the level of digital health news consumption increases, the fear felt towards coronavirus also escalates. This finding indicates the essentiality of providing accurate news for the Internet audiences, that raises awareness rather than triggering social anxiety and panic.

Keywords

COVID-19 Health Communication Digital Literacy Outbreak Panic

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  • Prilutski, M. A. (2010). A brief look at effective health communication strategies in Ghana. The Elon Journal of Undergraduate Research in Communications, pp. 51-58.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Communication and Media Studies
Journal Section Research Article
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Vehbi Gorgulu

Publication Date December 29, 2020
Published in Issue Year 2020

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APA Gorgulu, V. (2020). Fearing coronavirus: the role of digital health news consumption and competence. İnternet Uygulamaları Ve Yönetimi Dergisi, 11(2), 101-112. https://doi.org/10.34231/iuyd.777356

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COVİD-19 PANDEMİSİNDE KARANTİNA SÜRECİNE GİRMİŞ KİŞİLERİN İNTERNET HABER SİTELERİ VE SOSYAL MEDYADAKİ İNFODEMİYE İLİŞKİN TUTUMLARI
Atatürk İletişim Dergisi
https://doi.org/10.32952/atauniiletisim.963918

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