Environmental Science Final Assignment

Shicalvin Butler

PSY-310 Social Psychology

Upper Iowa University

Sherry Elson

Annotated Bibliography

1. Abbas, J., Wang, D., Su, Z., & Ziapour, A. (2021). The role of social media in the

advent of COVID-19 pandemic: Crisis management, mental health challenges and implications.

Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, 14, 1917-1932.

This article looks at how social media played a big role during the COVID-19 pandemic,

both as a tool for sharing important health information and as a source of misinformation. It also

explores how social media affected public behavior and mental health, offering ideas on how to

improve crisis communication.

2. Ghio, D., Lawes-Wickwar, S., Tang, M. Y., Epton, T., Howlett, N., Jenkinson, E., &

Stanescu, S. (2021). What influences people's responses to public health messages for managing

risks and preventing infectious diseases? A rapid systematic review of the evidence and

recommendations. BMC Public Health, 21(1), 1-15.

This review looks at what makes public health messages effective during disease

outbreaks. It highlights key factors like message clarity, source credibility, and emotional appeal,

providing useful recommendations for improving public health communication.

3. Limaye, R. J., Sauer, M., Ali, J., Bernstein, J., Wahl, B., Barnhill, A., & Labrique, A.

(2020). Building trust while influencing online COVID-19 content in the social media world.

The Lancet Digital Health, 2(6), e277-e278.

This article focuses on the challenge of fighting COVID-19 misinformation online. It

stresses the importance of building trust with the public and suggests ways health officials can

better influence online conversations and spread reliable information.

4. Byrne, S., Zorbas, C., Chai, L. K., & Sainsbury, E. (2022). How people responded to

public health messages during COVID-19: A study from the United Kingdom. Public Health in

Practice, 3, 100221.

This study examines how adults in the UK reacted to COVID-19 health messages. It

highlights the importance of clear and consistent messaging from trusted sources to encourage

public cooperation during a health crisis.

5. Merchant, R. M., & Lurie, N. (2020). Social media and emergency preparedness in

response to COVID-19. New England Journal of Medicine, 382(23), 2085-2087.

This article discusses how social media helped spread public health information during

COVID-19. It points out both the benefits and risks of using online platforms for emergency

messaging, emphasizing the need for careful management of misinformation.

6. Kim, D. K. D., & Kreps, G. L. (2020). Analyzing the role of social media in effective

COVID-19 public health messaging. Health Communication, 35(14), 1722-1727.

This study explores how social media was used to share COVID-19 health messages. It

looks at what strategies worked best and how misinformation affected public response, offering

suggestions for improving future health campaigns.

7. Roozenbeek, J., Schneider, C. R., Dryhurst, S., Kerr, J., Freeman, A. L. J., Recchia, G.,

& van der Linden, S. (2020). Susceptibility to misinformation about COVID-19: Predictive

factors and the impact of corrective information. Royal Society Open Science, 7(10), 201199.

This research focuses on why some people are more likely to believe and spread

misinformation about COVID-19. It also looks at how fact-checking and public health

campaigns can help reduce the spread of false information.

8. Bavel, J. J. V., Baicker, K., Boggio, P. S., & Capraro, V. (2020). Using social and

behavioral science to support COVID-19 pandemic response. Nature Human Behaviour, 4(5),

460-471.

This paper explores how human behavior and psychology influence public responses to

COVID-19 messaging. It explains how social influence, emotions, and group dynamics play a

role in how people react to health advice.

9. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2021). Crisis and emergency

risk communication during COVID-19. Retrieved from https://emergency.cdc.gov/cerc/

This guide from the CDC provides practical advice on how to communicate effectively

during a health crisis. It includes tips on how to build trust, deliver clear messages, and respond

to public concerns.

10. World Health Organization (WHO). (2020). Immunizing the public against

misinformation during COVID-19. Retrieved from https://www.who.int/news-room/feature-

stories/detail/immunizing-the-public-against-misinformation

This article explains how misinformation spread rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic

and what the WHO did to counter it. It highlights the importance of providing accurate,

accessible, and timely public health messaging.