The effect of gain versus loss framing of Covid-19 online news on preventive behavior

World Health Organization announced the coronavirus as a pandemic on March 11th 2020. The outbreak caused a massive destruction globally affecting more than 200 countries. During pandemic, information regarding the control of spreading, infectious cases, prevention, preparedness and risks are the im...

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Main Authors: Joseph, Joanneia Selin, Mohd Zawawi, Julia Wirza, Ahmad Ghazali, Akmar Hayati
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Published: Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2021
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Mohd Zawawi, Julia Wirza
Ahmad Ghazali, Akmar Hayati
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description World Health Organization announced the coronavirus as a pandemic on March 11th 2020. The outbreak caused a massive destruction globally affecting more than 200 countries. During pandemic, information regarding the control of spreading, infectious cases, prevention, preparedness and risks are the important elements of public health. Media plays an important role here in delivering all this kind of information during the crisis. This is because media is the mediator of health communication between both the public and the government. Media framing influence public’s preventive behaviour differently in terms of positive and negative framing. Their framing is capable enough to influence one’s health behaviour and response to the disease differently. The purpose of this review paper is to examine how gain and loss framing influence COVID-19 preventive behaviours differently. This study chooses two main theories which are Valence Framing theory and Health Belief Model (HBM). This study draws the relationship between gain and loss as news framing effects, with perceived threat, perceived evaluation and self-efficacy as components of HBM. The combination of these two theories would be great tool for future studies to research on preventive behaviors. Besides that, this study will help the media to understand which frame (positive or negative) can educate the society and raise public health behaviours. This may also help the government to plan strategies for better health outcome practices from the public.
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spelling upm.eprints-953862023-01-31T04:12:49Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95386/ The effect of gain versus loss framing of Covid-19 online news on preventive behavior Joseph, Joanneia Selin Mohd Zawawi, Julia Wirza Ahmad Ghazali, Akmar Hayati World Health Organization announced the coronavirus as a pandemic on March 11th 2020. The outbreak caused a massive destruction globally affecting more than 200 countries. During pandemic, information regarding the control of spreading, infectious cases, prevention, preparedness and risks are the important elements of public health. Media plays an important role here in delivering all this kind of information during the crisis. This is because media is the mediator of health communication between both the public and the government. Media framing influence public’s preventive behaviour differently in terms of positive and negative framing. Their framing is capable enough to influence one’s health behaviour and response to the disease differently. The purpose of this review paper is to examine how gain and loss framing influence COVID-19 preventive behaviours differently. This study chooses two main theories which are Valence Framing theory and Health Belief Model (HBM). This study draws the relationship between gain and loss as news framing effects, with perceived threat, perceived evaluation and self-efficacy as components of HBM. The combination of these two theories would be great tool for future studies to research on preventive behaviors. Besides that, this study will help the media to understand which frame (positive or negative) can educate the society and raise public health behaviours. This may also help the government to plan strategies for better health outcome practices from the public. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2021-07-27 Article PeerReviewed Joseph, Joanneia Selin and Mohd Zawawi, Julia Wirza and Ahmad Ghazali, Akmar Hayati (2021) The effect of gain versus loss framing of Covid-19 online news on preventive behavior. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11 (15). pp. 197-205. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/10646/The-Effect-of-Gain-Versus-Loss-Framing-of-Covid-19-Online-News-on-Preventive-Behavior 10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i15/10646
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