Understanding University Students’ Health Information Seeking Behaviours on Social Media During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Developing Country Perspective

Aung Pyae, Shahrokh Nikou

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    According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the COVID-19 pandemic is considered theworst global health crisis in the 21st century that caused unprecedented disruption to many sectors around the world (e.g. education, business,
    and tourism). Misinformation on social media is one of the major issues during the COVID-19 pandemic, which must be carefully considered. To address this issue, people’s health information-seeking behaviours play an important role to access accurate and reliable information on social media. In this study, we conducted a questionnaire-based study in Myanmar, which is one of the developing countries according to the United Nations to understand university students’ health information-seeking behaviours on social media during the COVID-19 pandemic.
    The findings suggest that social media plays a vital role to spread reliable and accurate information during the pandemic. The role of governments and authorities is also important to effectively use social media platforms (e.g. Facebook) to reach out to the public so that they can spread timely and accurate information during the COVID-19 pandemic. Lastly, users need to assess and verify the credibility of information related to pandemics on social media when they seek health-related information. This study suggests opportunities for further research in health information seeking on social media.
    OriginalspråkEngelska
    Titel på värdpublikationWell-Being in the Information Society
    Undertitel på värdpublikationWhen the Mind Breaks - 9th International Conference, WIS 2022, Proceedings
    RedaktörerHongxiu Li, Maedeh Ghorbanian Zolbin, Robert Krimmer, Jukka Kärkkäinen, Chenglong Li, Reima Suomi
    FörlagSpringer
    Sidor94-111
    Antal sidor18
    ISBN (elektroniskt)978-3-031-14832-3
    ISBN (tryckt)978-3-031-14831-6
    DOI
    StatusPublicerad - 26 aug. 2022
    MoE-publikationstypA4 Artikel i en konferenspublikation
    EvenemangProceeding of the 9th International Conference, WIS 2022
    Turku, Finland, August 25–26, 2022: Well-Being in the Information Society When the Mind Breaks
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    Varaktighet: 25 aug. 202226 aug. 2022

    Publikationsserier

    NamnCommunications in Computer and Information Science
    FörlagSpringer
    ISSN (tryckt)1865-0929
    ISSN (elektroniskt)1865-0937

    Konferens

    KonferensProceeding of the 9th International Conference, WIS 2022
    Turku, Finland, August 25–26, 2022
    Period25/08/2226/08/22

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