Information behaviour and well-being in times of the corona pandemic (completed)

The spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the associated legal restrictions have fundamentally changed the everyday lives of many people. In a current research project, we are therefore investigating the extent to which people's information behaviour has changed as a result of the pandemic and what impact individual communication behaviour has on mental well-being. The focus here is on searching for, avoiding and dealing with information disseminated by the media on the topic of coronavirus as well as interpersonal communication in general and on the topic of coronavirus.

In April 2020, 21 qualitative interviews were conducted to investigate the above-mentioned dimensions in greater depth. In a next step, these will be comprehensively analysed as part of a qualitative content analysis.

Project Duration

March 2020 to December 2021

Publications

Patterns of online information seeking and avoidance about SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 (2022)

Link, E., Rosset, M. & Freytag, A. (2022). Patterns of online information seeking and avoidance about SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. European Journal of Health Communication, 3(1), 53–75. DOI: 10.47368/ejhc.2022.103


Types of interpersonal and media communication and information behaviour during the coronavirus pandemic (2021)

Link, E., Rosset, M. & Freytag, A. (2021). Typen des interpersonalen und medialen Kommunikations- und Informationshandelns während der Corona-Pandemie. In F. Sukalla & C. Voigt (Hrsg.), Risiken und Potenziale in der Gesundheitskommunikation. Beiträge zur Jahrestagung der DGPuK-Fachgruppe Gesundheitskommunikation 2020 (S. 21-30). DOI: 10.21241/ssoar.74286


Presentations

Patterns of Online Information Seeking and Avoidance about the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021)

Link , E., Rosset, M., & Freytag, A. (2021, November). Patterns of Online Information Seeking and Avoidance about the COVID-19 Pandemic. Presentation at the European Conference on Health Communication (ECHC), November 4th to 5th, 2021, [digital].


Types of interpersonal and media communication and information behaviour during the coronavirus pandemic (2020)

Link, E., Rosset, M. & Freytag, A. (2020, November). Typen des interpersonalen und medialen Kommunikations- und Informationshandelns während der Corona-Pandemie. Presentation at the 5th Annual Conference of the DGPuK Health Communication Specialist Group, November, 11th to 13th, 2020, Leipzig, Germany [digital].


Cohesion despite social distance? Interpersonal communication during the coronavirus pandemic (2020)

Freytag, A., Link, E. & Rosset, M. (2020, April). Cohesion despite social distance? Interpersonal communication during the coronavirus pandemic. Poster presentation at the D.C. Conference on Health Communication (DCHC), April 23rd to 24th, 2020, Fairfax, Virginia, US [digital].


 

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