1,505
Views
17
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Articles

The Effects of News Coverage of Epidemics on Public Support for and Compliance with the CDC– An Experimental Study

ORCID Icon

References

  • Ajzen, I. (1991). The theory of planned behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 50(2), 179–211. doi:10.1016/0749-5978(91)90020-T
  • An, S.-K., & Gower, K. K. (2009). How do the news media frame crises? A content analysis of crisis news coverage. Public Relations Review, 35(2), 107–112. doi:10.1016/j.pubrev.2009.01.010
  • Bandura, A. (1990). Evaluation of AIDS prevention and education programs: Perceived self-efficacy in the exercise of control over AIDS infection. Evaluation and Program Planning, 13(1), 9–17. doi:10.1016/0149-7189(90)90004-G
  • Bandura, A. (2006). Guide for constructing self-efficacy scales. In T. Urdan & F. Pajares (Eds.), Self-efficacy beliefs of adolescents (pp. 307–337). Greenwich, CT: IAP.
  • Bohn, J. G. (2002). The relationship of perceived leadership behaviors to organizational efficacy. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 9(2), 65–79. doi:10.1177/107179190200900206
  • Bond, J. S., Humphrey, D. C., Paton, K. L., Hightower, A. M., Suter, L., Johnson, J. M., … Miller, J. D. (1993). Science and engineering indicators. Retrieved from NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION WASHINGTON DC, NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION WASHINGTON DC website http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA278733
  • Bong, M. (1999). Personal factors affecting the generality of academic self-efficacy judgments: Gender, ethnicity, and relative expertise. The Journal of Experimental Education, 67(4), 315–331. doi:10.1080/00220979909598486
  • Conrado, S. P., Neville, K., Woodworth, S., & O’Riordan, S. (2016). Managing social media uncertainty to support the decision making process during emergencies. Journal of Decision Systems, 25(sup1), 171–181. doi:10.1080/12460125.2016.1187396
  • Coombs, T. W. (2007). Protecting organization reputations during a crisis: The development and application of situational crisis communication theory. Corporate Reputation Review, 10(3), 163–176. doi:10.1057/palgrave.crr.1550049
  • Covello, V. T. (2003). Best practices in public health risk and crisis communication. Journal of Health Communication, 8(Suppl.1), 5–8; discussion 148–51. doi:10.1080/713851971
  • Covello, V. T., Peters, R. G., Wojtecki, J. G., & Hyde, R. C. (2001). Risk communication, the West Nile virus epidemic, and bioterrorism: Responding to the communication challenges posed by the intentional or unintentional release of a pathogen in an urban setting. Journal of Urban Health, 78(2), 382–391. doi:10.1093/jurban/78.2.382
  • Cvetkovich, G., & Winter, P. L. (2003). Trust and social representations of the management of threatened and endangered species. Environment and Behavior, 35(2), 286–307. doi:10.1177/0013916502250139
  • Dieckmann, N. F., Johnson, B. B., Gregory, R., Mayorga, M., Han, P. K. J., & Slovic, P. (2015). Public perceptions of expert disagreement: Bias and incompetence or a complex and random world? Public Understanding of Science, 26, 325–338. doi:10.1177/0963662515603271
  • Fiske, S. T., & Dupree, C. (2014). Gaining trust as well as respect in communicating to motivated audiences about science topics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(Supplement 4), 13593–13597. doi:10.1073/pnas.1317505111
  • Gauchat, G. (2012). Politicization of science in the public sphere: A study of public trust in the United States, 1974 to 2010. American Sociological Review, 77(2), 167–187. doi:10.1177/0003122412438225
  • Glowacki, E. M., Lazard, A. J., Wilcox, G. B., Mackert, M., & Bernhardt, J. M. (2016). Identifying the public’s concerns and the centers for disease control and prevention’s reactions during a health crisis: An analysis of a Zika live Twitter chat. American Journal of Infection Control, 44, 1709–1711. doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2016.05.025
  • Imai, K., Keele, L., & Tingley, D. (2010). A general approach to causal mediation analysis. Psychological Methods, 15(4), 309–334. doi:10.1037/a0020761
  • Jamieson, K. H. (2015). Communicating the value and values of science. Issues in Science and Technology, 32(1), 14–25.
  • Kasperson, R. E., & Kasperson, J. X. (1996). The social amplification and attenuation of risk. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 545(1), 95–105. doi:10.1177/0002716296545001010
  • Kervyn, N., Fiske, S. T., & Malone, C. (2012). Brands as intentional agents framework: How perceived intentions and ability can map brand perception. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 22(2), 166–176. doi:10.1016/j.jcps.2011.09.006
  • Kuang, K., & Wilson, S. R. (2017). A meta-analysis of uncertainty and information management in illness contexts. Journal of Communication, 67(3), 378–401. doi:10.1111/jcom.12299
  • Lundgren, R. E., & McMakin, A. H. (2013). Risk communication: A handbook for communicating environmental, safety, and health risks. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Meredith, L. S., Eisenman, D. P., Rhodes, H., Ryan, G., & Long, A. (2007). Trust influences response to public health messages during a bioterrorist event. Journal of Health Communication, 12(3), 217–232. doi:10.1080/10810730701265978
  • Mishel, M. H. (1981). The measurement of uncertainty in illness. Nursing Research, 30(5), 258–263. doi:10.1097/00006199-198109000-00002
  • Mishra, A. K. (1996). Organizational responses to crisis: The centrality of trust. In R. M. Kramer & T. R. Tyler (Eds.), Trust in organizations: Frontiers of theory and research (pp. 261–287). Newbury Park, CA: SAGE.
  • Moyer-Gusé, E., Chung, A. H., & Jain, P. (2011). Identification with characters and discussion of taboo topics after exposure to an entertainment narrative about sexual health. Journal of Communication, 61(3), 387–406. doi:10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01551.x
  • Nabi, R. L., & Myrick, J. G. (2018). Uplifting fear appeals: Considering the role of hope in fear-based persuasive messages. Health Communication, 34, 1–12. doi:10.1080/10410236.2017.1422847
  • Nagler, R. H. (2014). Adverse outcomes associated with media exposure to contradictory nutrition messages. Journal of Health Communication, 19(1), 24–40. doi:10.1080/10810730.2013.798384
  • Niederdeppe, J., Lee, T., Robbins, R., Kim, H. K., Kresovich, A., Kirshenblat, D., … Fowler, E. F. (2014). Content and effects of news stories about uncertain cancer causes and preventive behaviors. Health Communication, 29(4), 332–346. doi:10.1080/10410236.2012.755603
  • Ophir, Y. (2018). Coverage of epidemics in American newspapers through the lens of the crisis and emergency risk communication framework. Health Security, 16(3), 147–157. doi:10.1089/hs.2017.0106
  • Ophir, Y., & Jamieson, K. H. (2018a). The effects of Zika virus risk coverage on familiarity, knowledge and behavior in the U.S. – A time series analysis combining content analysis and a nationally representative survey. Health Communication. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2018.1536958
  • Ophir, Y., & Jamieson, K. H. (2018b). Intentions to use a novel Zika vaccine: The effects of misbeliefs about the MMR vaccine and perceptions about Zika. Journal of Public Health. doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdy042
  • Potts, H. W. W., Michie, S., & Rubin, G. P. (2010). The impact of communications about swine flu (influenza A H1N1v) on public responses to the outbreak: Results from 36 national telephone surveys in the UK. Health Technology Assessment, 183–266. doi:10.3310/hta14340-03
  • Quinn, S. C., Thomas, T., & McAllister, C. (2008). Lessons from the 2001 Anthrax attack: A conceptual model for crisis and emergency risk communication. In M. W. Seeger, T. L. Sellnow, & R. R. Ulmer (Eds.), Crisis communication and the public health (pp. 23–42). Retrieved from https://works.bepress.com/tim_sellnow/23/
  • Reynolds, B. (2007). Crisis and emergency risk communication: Pandemic Influenza. Retrieved from https://emergency.cdc.gov/cerc/resources/pdf/cerc-pandemicflu-oct07.pdf
  • Reynolds, B., & Quinn, S. C. (2008). Effective communication during an influenza pandemic: The value of using a crisis and emergency risk communication framework. Health Promotion Practice, 9(4 suppl), 13S–17S. doi:10.1177/1524839908325267
  • Reynolds, B., & Seeger, M. W. (2014). Crisis and emergency risk communication - 2014 edition. Retrieved from https://emergency.cdc.gov/cerc/resources/pdf/cerc_2014edition.pdf
  • Robinson, S. L. (1996). Trust and breach of the psychological contract. Administrative Science Quarterly, 41(4), 574–599. doi:10.2307/2393868
  • Rogers, B. M., & Pearce, J. M. (2016). The psychology of crisis communication. In A. Schwarz, M. W. Seeger, & C. Auer (Eds.), The handbook of international crisis communication research (pp. 34–44). West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons.
  • Rothman, A., & Kiviniemi, M. (1999). Treating people with information: An analysis and review of approaches to communicating health risk information. JNCI Monographs, 25, 44–51. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.jncimonographs.a024207
  • Rudolph, T. J., & Evans, J. (2005). Political trust, ideology, and public support for government spending. American Journal of Political Science, 49(3), 660–671. doi:10.1111/j.1540-5907.2005.00148.x
  • Seeger, M. W., & Reynolds, B. (2008). Crisis communication and the public health: Integrated approaches and new imperatives. In M. W. Seeger, T. L. Sellnow, & R. R. Ulmer (Eds.), Crisis communication and the public health (pp. 3–20). Retrieved from https://works.bepress.com/tim_sellnow/23/
  • Seeger, M. W., Reynolds, B., & Sellnow, T. L. (2009). Crisis and emergency risk communication in health contexts: Applying the CDC model to pandemic influenza. In R. L. Heath & D. H. O’Hair (Eds.), Handbook of risk and crisis communication(pp. 493–506). New York, NY: Routledge.
  • Sia, C.-L., Teo, -H.-H., Tan, B. C. Y., & Wei, -K.-K. (2004). Effects of environmental uncertainty on organizational intention to adopt distributed work arrangements. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 51(3), 253–267. doi:10.1109/TEM.2004.830859
  • Stajkovic, A. D., & Luthans, F. (1998). Self-efficacy and work-related performance: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 124(2), 240–261. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.124.2.240
  • Tannenbaum, M. B., Hepler, J., Zimmerman, R. S., Saul, L., Jacobs, S., Wilson, K., & Albarracín, D. (2015). Appealing to fear: A meta-analysis of fear appeal effectiveness and theories. Psychological Bulletin, 141(6), 1178–1204. doi:10.1037/a0039729
  • Tian, Y., & Stewart, C. M. (2005). Framing the SARS crisis: A computer-assisted text analysis of CNN and BBC online news reports of SARS. Asian Journal of Communication, 15(3), 289–301. doi:10.1080/01292980500261605
  • Tingley, D., Yamamoto, T., Hirose, K., Keele, L., & Imai, K. (2014). Mediation: R package for causal mediation analysis. UCLA Statistics/American Statistical Association. Retrieved from http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/91154
  • Veil, S. R., Reynolds, B., Sellnow, T. L., & Seeger, M. W. (2008). CERC as a theoretical framework for research and practice. Health Promotion Practice, 9(4suppl), 26S–34S. doi:10.1177/1524839908322113
  • Weick, K. E. (1988). Enacted sensemaking in crisis situations. Journal of Management Studies, 25(4), 305–317. doi:10.1111/j.1467-6486.1988.tb00039.x

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.