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Health and Risk Communication (57) JMIR Theme Issue: COVID-19 Special Issue (2496) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1460) Outbreak and Pandemic Preparedness and Management (1782) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1793) Anxiety and Stress Disorders (1186) JMH Theme Issue: COVID-19 and Mental Health: Impact and Interventions 2023 (405)

Published on in Vol 1, No 1 (2021): Jan-Dec

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/26876, first published .
Desensitization to Fear-Inducing COVID-19 Health News on Twitter: Observational Study

Desensitization to Fear-Inducing COVID-19 Health News on Twitter: Observational Study

Desensitization to Fear-Inducing COVID-19 Health News on Twitter: Observational Study

Authors of this article:

Hannah R Stevens1 Author Orcid Image ;   Yoo Jung Oh1 Author Orcid Image ;   Laramie D Taylor1 Author Orcid Image
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Journals

  1. Stevens H, Acic I, Rhea S. Natural Language Processing Insight into LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Content Analysis of Anxiety-Provoking Topics and Trends in Emotion in LGBTeens Microcommunity Subreddit. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 2021;7(8):e29029 View
  2. Stevens H, Palomares N. Constituents’ Inferences of Local Governments’ Goals and the Relationship Between Political Party and Belief in COVID-19 Misinformation: Cross-sectional Survey of Twitter Followers of State Public Health Departments. JMIR Infodemiology 2022;2(1):e29246 View
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  4. Cyr S, Marcil M, Houchi C, Marin M, Rosa C, Tardif J, Guay S, Guertin M, Genest C, Forest J, Lavoie P, Labrosse M, Vadeboncoeur A, Selcer S, Ducharme S, Brouillette J. Evolution of burnout and psychological distress in healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic: a 1-year observational study. BMC Psychiatry 2022;22(1) View
  5. Mackey T, Baur C, Eysenbach G. Advancing Infodemiology in a Digital Intensive Era. JMIR Infodemiology 2022;2(1):e37115 View
  6. Viswanadham R. How behavioral economics can inform the next mass vaccination campaign: A narrative review. Preventive Medicine Reports 2023;32:102118 View
  7. Meleady R, Hodson G. Reductions in perceived COVID‐19 threat amid UK’s mass public vaccination programme coincide with reductions in outgroup avoidance (but not prejudice). British Journal of Social Psychology 2022;61(4):1286 View
  8. Xue H, Gong X, Stevens H. COVID-19 Vaccine Fact-Checking Posts on Facebook: Observational Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research 2022;24(6):e38423 View
  9. Rajkumar R. Do We Need Media Guidelines When Reporting on Panic Buying? An Analysis of the Content of News Reports During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Communication 2022;7 View
  10. Zappia C, Makri S. “I Try to Find a Balance”: Investigating Strategies for Self‐Regulating Covid News Consumption. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 2022;59(1):368 View
  11. Stevens H, Rasul M, Oh Y. Emotions and Incivility in Vaccine Mandate Discourse: Natural Language Processing Insights. JMIR Infodemiology 2022;2(2):e37635 View
  12. Lakew Y, Olausson U. When We Don't Want to Know More: Information Sufficiency and The Case Of Swedish Flood Risks. Journal of International Crisis and Risk Communication Research 2023;6:65 View
  13. Matsunaga L, Aoki T, Faiad C, Aldrich D, Tseng P, Aida J. Why People Stayed Home During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Health Communication Across Four Countries. Journal of Health Communication 2023;28(4):218 View
  14. Kušen E, Strembeck M. The Effects of Multiple Exposure to Highly Emotional Social Media Content During the Early Stages of the 2022 War in Ukraine. SN Computer Science 2023;4(5) View
  15. Cao B, Wang L. When Epidemic Outbreaks Meet Social Media: Collective Illness Narratives on WeChat During COVID-19 Omicron Infection in China. Health Communication 2024;39(11):2211 View
  16. Hodalska M, Lisowska-Magdziarz M, Całek A. Czy media oswajają lęk przed koronawirusem? Empiryczne badania relacji z pandemii i lęku odbiorców medialnych przekazów wiosną 2020 i 2021 roku. Analiza porównawcza. Zeszyty Prasoznawcze 2023;66(1 (253)):45 View
  17. Mertens G, Engelhard I, Novacek D, McNally R. Managing Fear During Pandemics: Risks and Opportunities. Perspectives on Psychological Science 2024;19(4):652 View
  18. Rocklin M, Garròn Torres A, Reeves B, Robinson T, Ram N. The Affective Dynamics of Everyday Digital Life: Opening Computational Possibility. Affective Science 2023;4(3):529 View
  19. Valinejad J, Mili L. Cyber–Physical–Social Model of Community Resilience by Considering Critical Infrastructure Interdependencies. IEEE Internet of Things Journal 2023;10(19):17530 View
  20. Matsunaga L, Aldrich D, Faiad C, Aoki T, Tseng P, Aida J. The psychological determinants of avoiding crowded areas: An international and political investigation. Journal of Social and Political Psychology 2023;11(2):458 View
  21. Vitorino C, Canavarro M, Carona C, Osório F. Six-month psychopathological symptom trajectories following the COVID-19 outbreak: Contrasting mental health outcomes between nurses and the general population. PLOS ONE 2024;19(4):e0301527 View
  22. Raja U, Carrico A. An Experimental Study of Climate Change Messages: Who and How Many to Feature?. Environmental Communication 2024;18(8):1015 View
  23. Xue H, Zhang J, Shen C, Wojcieszak M. The majority of fact-checking labels in the United States are intense and this decreases engagement intention. Human Communication Research 2024;50(4):530 View
  24. Lim J, Zhang J, Kim J, Lee C. Understanding PM2.5 risk information seeking and processing among South Koreans: evidence of desensitization?. Asian Journal of Communication 2024;34(5):560 View
  25. Githinji P, MacMillan Uribe A, Szeszulski J, Rethorst C, Luong V, Xin L, Rolke L, Smith M, Seguin-Fowler R. Public health communication during the COVID-19 health crisis: sustainable pathways to improve health information access and reach among underserved communities. Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 2024;11(1) View
  26. Allen K, Crossler R, Bélanger F, Resor J, Kissel H. Parent and adolescent perspectives on family problems during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Implications for family resilience. Family Relations 2025;74(1):7 View
  27. Wozniak M. With just one tap. Network study of tweets dissemination during the war in Ukraine. Cogent Arts & Humanities 2025;12(1) View
  28. Loria R, Pugel J, Goldberg M, Halla D, Bascom R, Scott J, Crowley M, Long E. Email outreach attracts the US policymakers’ attention to climate change but common advocacy techniques do not improve engagement. Communications Earth & Environment 2025;6(1) View
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  30. Lang T, Ulloa R, Kutzner F, Wänke M, Kacperski C. The Future Could be Greener: A Randomized Choice Experiment on Cognitive Alternatives and Sustainable Food Choices. Journal of Applied Social Psychology 2025 View

Books/Policy Documents

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