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Summary: This study draws on previous studies, and shows the clear connection between media exposure to information regarding the pandemic and the rise of psychological distress. Independent of demographics, previous mental health conditions, social support, and COVID-19 related problems, the participants show a remarkable higher degree of distress if they were more exposed to media about the pandemic.

Citation: Yao, H. (2020). The more exposure to media information about COVID-19, the more distressed you will feel. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 87, 167–169. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2020.05.031

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Summary: Garfin, Silver and Holman set out to review studies on previous public health crises and terrorist attacks to see what an effect exposure to media had on the community as well as on the mental well-being of each individual. They see a pattern that lengthy exposure to media may lead to increased levels of anxiety and stress.

Citation: Garfin, D. R., Silver, R. C., & Holman, E. A. (2020). The novel coronavirus (COVID-2019) outbreak: Amplification of public health consequences by media exposure. Health Psychology, 39(5), 355-357. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/hea0000875

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Summary: Demographics, extent of perceived stress, and beliefs about one’s mental health, the researchers hypothesized, predict the variations in media use and media appraisal. With the help of a survey and media repertoire, they discuss the positive and negative sides of media for coping.

Citation: Pahayahay, A., & Khalili-Mahani, N. (2020). What Media Helps, What Media Hurts: A Mixed Methods Survey Study of Coping with COVID-19 Using the Media Repertoire Framework and the Appraisal Theory of Stress. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(8), e20186. https://doi.org/10.2196/20186

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Summary: This article presents a timeline of what happened from the discovery and outbreak of COVID-19 and what actions have been taken by the Chinese government. It additionally examines their use of media and data.

Citation: Hua, J., & Shaw, R. (2020). Corona Virus (COVID-19) “Infodemic” and Emerging Issues through a Data Lens: The Case of China. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(7), 2309. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072309

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Summary: With over 5,000 participants recruited from Wuhan, China for an online survey, the researchers measure the sample’s depression and anxiety levels while recording their demographics and their exposure to social media. A positive association between mental health problems and frequent social media exposure has been found.

Citation: Gao, J., Zheng, P., Jia, Y., Chen, H., Mao, Y., Chen, S., … Dai, J. (2020). Mental health problems and social media exposure during COVID-19 outbreak. PLOS ONE, 15(4), e0231924. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231924

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Summary: Six Chinese families were virtually interviewed to understand common information resource orchestration practices and mechanisms during the COVID-19 lockdown. In other words, this study aims to understand how elderly, young and middle-aged individuals, and children coped with the shift from in-person to online life and adapted to such a change.

Citation: Pan, S. L., Cui, M., & Qian, J. (2020). Information resource orchestration during the COVID-19 pandemic: A study of community lockdowns in China. International Journal of Information Management, 54, 102143. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102143

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Summary: Learning and studying took a great shift from in-person to remote, online studying for a great part of the world. Here, UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim assesses the way students respond to this shift and conclude that WhatsApp group chats have been the most effictive way of learning/teaching and creating communication between students and teachers.

Citation: Wargadinata, W., Maimunah, I., Dewi, E., & Rofiq, Z. (2020). Student’s Responses on Learning in the Early COVID-19 Pandemic. Tadris: Jurnal Keguruan Dan Ilmu Tarbiyah, 5(1), 141–153. https://doi.org/10.24042/tadris.v5i1.6153

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Summary: The central focus of this article is Chinese international students residing in South Korea and how they have coped with the outbreak of COVID-19 while being apart from their homeland. Being part of an online community has given them a sense of solidarity and imparted emotional support and comfort.

Citation: Jang, I. C., & Choi, L. J. (2020). Staying connected during COVID-19: The social and communicative role of an ethnic online community of Chinese international students in South Korea. Multilingua, 39(5), 541–552. https://doi.org/10.1515/multi-2020-0097‌

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Summary: This study analyzes individuals’ tweets about COVID-19 and conclude from over 27,000 posts that users with a smaller network size are more likely to make emotional, emphatic, and uncivil remarks. Hence, social network size is a negative predictor of incivility.

Citation: Bumsoo Kim. Effects of Social Grooming on Incivity in COVID-19. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2020, 519-525.http://doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2020.0201

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Summary: Casero-Ripolles presents a literature review on past studies related to the role of news during crises or disasters. This review relies on a longitudinal study that asseses the people’s use of news before and after the outbreak fo COVID-19. A great increase in the use of news has been observed and television has been reported to be the most used.

Citation: Casero-Ripolles, A. (2020). Impact of COVID-19 on the Media System. Communicative and Democratic Consequences of News Consumption during the Outbreak. Retrieved September 17, 2020, from Ssrn.com website: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3594133

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Summary: This comparative study looks into the relationship between the population in general and digital media. In particular, it looks into a set of different social networks with a sample of specialized health media and healthcare professionals.

Citation: Pérez-Escoda, A., Jiménez-Narros, C., Perlado-Lamo-de-Espinosa, M., & Pedrero-Esteban, L. M. (2020). Social Networks’ Engagement During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain: Health Media vs. Healthcare Professionals. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(14), 5261. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17145261

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Summary: A discussion of the challenges that come with an overload of information, disinformation and misinformation in a pandemic, this article provides some recommendations and suggested steps to take in the future to reduce the negative effects of an information crises.

Citation: Xie, B., He, D., Mercer, T., Wang, Y., Wu, D., Fleischmann, K. R., … Lee, M. K. (2020). Global health crises are also information crises: A call to action. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24357

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Citation: ‌Verawardina, Unung, et al. Reviewing Online Learning Facing the COVID-19 Outbreak. Journal of Talent Development and Excellence 2020; 12 (3)

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Citation: ‌Jones, Kevin and Sharma, Ravi S., On Reimagining a Future for Online Learning in the Post-COVID Era (April 17, 2020). Kevin Jones & Ravi Sharma (2020). Reimagining A Future For Online Learning In The Post-COVID Era. First posted on medium.com., Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3578310 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3578310

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Citation: ‌Schneider, S.L., Council, M.L. Distance learning in the era of COVID-19. Arch Dermatol Res (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00403-020-02088-9