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Social Media and COVID-19

NCT04367363 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 151

Last updated 2020-12-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

In this protocol, we seek to examine the role of popular messaging platform WhatsApp in information spread during a crisis. As there have been few global crises in the last decade (coinciding with the rise of social media), the role of private messaging platforms such as WhatsApp during crisis contexts remains understudied. During the current COVID-19 global health crisis, we undertook this study to: (1) characterize the nature of WhatsApp use during crises, (2) characterize the profiles of WhatsApp users (3) understand how WhatsApp usage links to well-being (fear and thoughts about COVID-19).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Social media & news consumption

Daily reports of social media use and consumption, including reports on receiving and disseminating news articles related to the COVID-19 situation (e.g., how many messaging groups shared news on the outbreak, how many items related to the outbreak they forwarded to others, etc).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Jean Liu

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jean Liu, PhD · Yale-NUS College

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-03-17
Primary Completion
2020-05-07
Completion
2020-05-31

Countries

  • Singapore

Study Locations

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Diseases

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