Open AccessMechanism of WeChat’s Impact on Public Risk Perception During COVID-19
Author(s) -
Yongyong Zhuang,
Tiantian Zhao,
Xuanrong Shao
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
risk management and healthcare policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.828
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1179-1594
DOI - 10.2147/rmhp.s328175
Subject(s) - risk perception , pandemic , perception , covid-19 , risk communication , mechanism (biology) , china , public opinion , business , social media , public health , transmission (telecommunications) , questionnaire , psychology , environmental health , public relations , medicine , political science , risk analysis (engineering) , sociology , computer science , nursing , disease , philosophy , pathology , epistemology , neuroscience , infectious disease (medical specialty) , social science , law , telecommunications , politics
Taking COVID-19 as an example, this paper explores the mechanism of WeChat's impact on risk information transmission in social media and builds a model of WeChat's impact on public risk perception based on risk communication.