Mass Information Requests during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Psychological Determinants and Specific Features
The present research featured on-line behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the situation escalated, the number of information requests related to the pandemic decreased, and the content characteristics of search queries became relatively independent from official statements of the Russian gover...
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| author | E. P. Belinskaya E. A. Stolbova E. O. Tsikina |
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| description | The present research featured on-line behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the situation escalated, the number of information requests related to the pandemic decreased, and the content characteristics of search queries became relatively independent from official statements of the Russian government. Early in the epidemic, the content of mass search queries shifted towards positive information as a result of the counter-regulation effect, which required the introduction of personal and situational predictors into the analysis. The main stage of the research revealed an obvious personal / collective dichotomyand the ambivalent nature of risk assessment, responsibility attribution, and subjective control. COVID-19 patients and healthy users demonstrated little difference in the on-line search behavior; however, the difference in their current affective state was quite significant. The problem-oriented strategies of proactive coping (reflexive, strategic, and preventive coping) were connected with emotional preferences in information search, while personal involvement was one of awareness parameters. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f32d60c79974c7596890acc9e9f34742023-07-13T12:08:43ZengKemerovo State UniversityВестник Кемеровского государственного университета2078-89752078-89832021-07-0123242743710.21603/2078-8975-2021-23-2-427-4374359Mass Information Requests during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Psychological Determinants and Specific FeaturesE. P. Belinskaya0E. A. Stolbova1E. O. Tsikina2Lomonosov Moscow State UniversityLomonosov Moscow State UniversityLomonosov Moscow State UniversityThe present research featured on-line behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. As the situation escalated, the number of information requests related to the pandemic decreased, and the content characteristics of search queries became relatively independent from official statements of the Russian government. Early in the epidemic, the content of mass search queries shifted towards positive information as a result of the counter-regulation effect, which required the introduction of personal and situational predictors into the analysis. The main stage of the research revealed an obvious personal / collective dichotomyand the ambivalent nature of risk assessment, responsibility attribution, and subjective control. COVID-19 patients and healthy users demonstrated little difference in the on-line search behavior; however, the difference in their current affective state was quite significant. The problem-oriented strategies of proactive coping (reflexive, strategic, and preventive coping) were connected with emotional preferences in information search, while personal involvement was one of awareness parameters.https://vestnik.kemsu.ru/jour/article/view/5000information searchmindfulnessproactive copingaffective statescounterregulation effectsubjective control |
| spellingShingle | E. P. Belinskaya E. A. Stolbova E. O. Tsikina Mass Information Requests during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Psychological Determinants and Specific Features Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета information search mindfulness proactive coping affective states counterregulation effect subjective control |
| title | Mass Information Requests during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Psychological Determinants and Specific Features |
| title_full | Mass Information Requests during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Psychological Determinants and Specific Features |
| title_fullStr | Mass Information Requests during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Psychological Determinants and Specific Features |
| title_full_unstemmed | Mass Information Requests during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Psychological Determinants and Specific Features |
| title_short | Mass Information Requests during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Psychological Determinants and Specific Features |
| title_sort | mass information requests during the covid 19 pandemic psychological determinants and specific features |
| topic | information search mindfulness proactive coping affective states counterregulation effect subjective control |
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