The role of social media in the advent of COVID-19 pandemic: crisis management, mental health challenges and implications

J Abbas, D Wang, Z Su, A Ziapour - Risk management and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background This study focuses on how educating people through social media platforms
can help reduce the mental health consequences of the COVID-19 to manage the global …

Mental health toll from the coronavirus: Social media usage reveals Wuhan residents' depression and secondary trauma in the COVID-19 outbreak

B Zhong, Y Huang, Q Liu - Computers in human behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
This study investigates the possible association between social media usage and the mental
health toll from the coronavirus at the peak of Wuhan's COVID-19 outbreak. Informed by the …

The state of health public relations: A content analysis of published articles in seven communication journals from 2001 to 2021

EJ Ki, D Kang, M Huang - Public Relations Review, 2022 - Elsevier
By analyzing 162 articles published in seven peer-reviewed communication journals, this
study sheds light on the research topics, theories, methods, and authorship of articles in the …

Measuring social support for depression on social media: A multifaceted study on user interaction and emotional spread

XK Wu, YY Zhou, B Zhong - Telematics and Informatics, 2024 - Elsevier
User interaction within social media groups is increasingly vital for offering social support to
individuals experiencing mental health issues. However, measuring social support in these …

[HTML][HTML] Examining patterns of information exchange and social support in a web-based health community: exponential random graph models

X Liu, S Jiang, M Sun, X Chi - Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020 - jmir.org
Background Although an increasing number of studies have attempted to understand how
people interact with others in web-based health communities, studies focusing on …