O impacto dos media no medo de contrair COVID-19

• Autor(a) principal: Figueiredo, Sofia
• Data de Publicação: 2021
• Outros Autores: Massano-Cardoso, Ilda
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/Figueiredo, S., & Massano-Cardoso, I. (2021). O impacto dos media no medo de contrair COVID-19. Revista Portuguesa De Investiga??o Comportamental E Social, 7(2), 89?102. https://doi.org/10.31211/rpics.2021.7.2.225; https://doi.org/10.31211/rpics.2021.7.2.225
• topic: Covid-19 - Covid-19; Medo - Fear; Impacto - Impact; Media - Media

Objetivo: Pretendeu avaliar-se o impacto dos media no medo de contrair COVID-19. A confian?a na informa??o associada a cada meio de comunica??o, apreens?o relativamente ? divulga??o di?ria das estat?sticas, apreens?o sentida com as medidas de preven??o e advert?ncias veiculadas pelos meios de comunica??o social, frequ?ncia de consumo de not?cias, avalia??o dos media na clarifica??o e informa??o sobre a pandemia e o medo de contrair a doen?a foram o foco deste estudo. M?todos: Amostra constitu?da por 349 indiv?duos que completaram um Question?rio Sociodemogr?fico, um Question?rio de Opini?o sobre os Media e o Fear of Contracting Covid Scale 19 (FCCS) atrav?s de uma plataforma online. Resultados: O medo de contrair COVID-19 foi superior nas mulheres em rela??o aos homens. Os participantes com mais medo de contrair a doen?a foram os que mais confiaram na informa??o da televis?o, jornais e r?dio, mas n?o das redes sociais. Scores mais elevados na FCCS corresponderam a valores mais elevados na clarifica??o e informa??o transmitida pelos media. A apreens?o sentida com a divulga??o di?ria de novos casos e novas medidas de preven??o/advert?ncias pelos media, frequ?ncia de consumo de not?cias, e avalia??o dos media na clarifica??o e informa??o foram preditores do medo de contrair COVID-19. Conclus?es: Os media demonstraram ser fundamentais na consciencializa??o e sensibiliza??o da popula??o. / Objective: The current study sought to assess the mass media impact on the fear of contracting COVID-19. We focused on people's trust in information associated with media type, worry regarding daily reports of statistics, concerns about prevention measures and warnings in the media, news consumption frequency, evaluation of the media in explaining and informing about the pandemic, and the fear of contracting the disease. Methods: The sample comprised 349 participants who completed online a Sociodemographic Questionnaire, a Mass Media Opinion Questionnaire, and the Fear of Contracting Covid-19 Scale (FCCS). Results: Fear of contracting COVID-19 was higher in women compared to men. Participants with higher fear of contracting the disease trusted more in the information provided by television, newspapers, and radio, but not social media. Higher scores on the FCCS were associated with higher scores on clarification, awareness, and information conveyed by media. Feelings regarding daily reports of COVID-19 and concerns about prevention measures and warnings in the media, news frequency consumption, and media evaluation in explaining and informing about the pandemic were predictors of fear of contracting COVID-19. Conclusions: Mass media proved to be fundamental in raising awareness and sensitization of the population.