Content Analysis of HPV Vaccine Messages on Chinese Social Media
The present study aimed to explore the characteristics and effects of messages about the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine on WeChat, a social media platform in China, with the theoretical underpinning of the Limited Capacity Model of Motivated Mediated Message Processing and the Health Belief Mode...
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| description | The present study aimed to explore the characteristics and effects of messages about the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine on WeChat, a social media platform in China, with the theoretical underpinning of the Limited Capacity Model of Motivated Mediated Message Processing and the Health Belief Model. Researcher carried on content analysis and found that severity (37.82%), susceptibility (36.13%), benefits (68.07%), and barriers (47.9%) have appeared in WeChat. The target audience was mainly women (91.5%), and most of the media platforms were non-medical organizations (72.27%). People in China had a positive attitude toward HPV9. The research findings elucidated to explore the effectiveness of the messages about the HPV vaccine on WeChat, indicated that the potential effects of social media messages on individual cervical cancer prevention intentions and behaviors. In the end, researcher proposed some strategies for identifying the messages, and the implications of the findings were also discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-916af2ee74c14dd6aafc473e2db9e70e2022-12-21T23:56:42ZengUniversitas SemarangJurnal the Messenger2086-15592527-28102020-04-01121637310.26623/themessenger.v12i1.18141363Content Analysis of HPV Vaccine Messages on Chinese Social MediaXianglin Su0Shenzhen UniversityThe present study aimed to explore the characteristics and effects of messages about the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine on WeChat, a social media platform in China, with the theoretical underpinning of the Limited Capacity Model of Motivated Mediated Message Processing and the Health Belief Model. Researcher carried on content analysis and found that severity (37.82%), susceptibility (36.13%), benefits (68.07%), and barriers (47.9%) have appeared in WeChat. The target audience was mainly women (91.5%), and most of the media platforms were non-medical organizations (72.27%). People in China had a positive attitude toward HPV9. The research findings elucidated to explore the effectiveness of the messages about the HPV vaccine on WeChat, indicated that the potential effects of social media messages on individual cervical cancer prevention intentions and behaviors. In the end, researcher proposed some strategies for identifying the messages, and the implications of the findings were also discussed.http://journals.usm.ac.id/index.php/the-messenger/article/view/1814cervical cancer, hpv9, social media platform, wechat, china |
| spellingShingle | Xianglin Su Content Analysis of HPV Vaccine Messages on Chinese Social Media Jurnal the Messenger cervical cancer, hpv9, social media platform, wechat, china |
| title | Content Analysis of HPV Vaccine Messages on Chinese Social Media |
| title_full | Content Analysis of HPV Vaccine Messages on Chinese Social Media |
| title_fullStr | Content Analysis of HPV Vaccine Messages on Chinese Social Media |
| title_full_unstemmed | Content Analysis of HPV Vaccine Messages on Chinese Social Media |
| title_short | Content Analysis of HPV Vaccine Messages on Chinese Social Media |
| title_sort | content analysis of hpv vaccine messages on chinese social media |
| topic | cervical cancer, hpv9, social media platform, wechat, china |
| url | http://journals.usm.ac.id/index.php/the-messenger/article/view/1814 |
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