Managing social media INFORMATION during the Covid-19 pandemic: The TMIM perspective

Tengku Mohd Azzman, Tengku Siti Aisha and A. Manaf, Aini Maznina (2020) Managing social media INFORMATION during the Covid-19 pandemic: The TMIM perspective. In: Communication Research Seminar (CORENA 2020), 3rd September 2020, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished)

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Abstract

COVID-19 is a novel pandemic that is spreading worldwide. Due to uncertainty surrounding how to manage outbreak and lack of a cure, government and local health agencies have to create awareness among the general public in terms of the severity of the disease, ways to combat infection and standard operating procedures (SOP) regarding the disease. In Malaysia currently, COVID-19 is experiencing its third wave of outbreak in Malaysia. Therefore, this research aims to examine information seeking management regarding COVID-19 on social media among Malaysians based on the theory of motivated information (TMIM) perspective. Findings indicate that as posited by TMIM, emotions such as anxiety partially mediated the information between information discrepancy and social information seeking regarding COVID-19. The implication of this finding on the TMIM perspective, as well as designing health campaigns among the Malaysian public on health issues, will be discussed.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Slide Presentation)
Additional Information:	4622/84445 Presentation via Online
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Anxiety, COVID-19, social media, uncertainty discrepancy, theory of motivated information management
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) > H61.8 Communication of information K Law > KBP Islamic Law > KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh > KBP490 Furūʻ al-fiqh. Substantive law. Branches of law. > KBP3075 Public health P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics > P87 Communication. Mass media
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Communication
Depositing User:	Dr Tengku Siti Aisha Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen
Date Deposited:	10 Nov 2020 11:04
Last Modified:	10 Nov 2020 11:05
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/84445

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