Hong Kong polls: too many epidemic information leads to the deliberate avoidance of Ho

A poll in Hong Kong shows that in the three years since the outbreak of the crown disease, many Hong Kong citizens have been confused about excessive epidemic information, and even began to deliberately avoid epidemic information.

Wei Ran, a professor at the School of Journalism and Communication of the Chinese University of Hong Kong on Friday (December 30), pointed out that this summer, the hospital's pseudo -information research team visited 1008 Hong Kong people with a telephone, soUnderstand the publicity of the citizen's information under the epidemic, and at the same time explore the causes and sequelae of excessive information.

The survey results show that more than half of Hong Kong citizens "often" contact information about the epidemic, and they will also contact false news while exposing new information.

The survey found that nearly 30 % of Hong Kong citizens answered "sometimes" contact with false news about the epidemic, and about 10 % of the citizens answered "often" contact.way.

The article says that epidemic information can improve the health knowledge of citizens and promote self -protection.

The survey found that 25.9%of the citizens said that "some consent" or "very agreed" the current crown disease epidemic information is too much, occupying a lot of time;Agree with the "crown disease epidemic" is so "unbearable", and 22.9%of the citizens answered "some consent" or "very agreed" the crown disease epidemic is so "ineffective digestion."

The article pointed out that a serious consequences brought by excessive epidemic information are that the people deliberately avoid relevant information.

The survey showed that when the respondents were asked if they did not want to contact the information about the epidemic, they answered "some consent" and "very agreed" citizens with 15.4%and 12.9%, respectively.

In addition, 13.1%and 13.4%of citizens answered "some consent" and "very agreed" for whether they "no longer want to understand the progress of the epidemic."

When asked if he was inclined to think about the epidemic -related information, 19%and 13%of the citizens answered "some consent" and "very agreed".

The article believes that today's reality is that "we have entered an era of information overload", and the sequelae of too much information include increased information processing pressure and decreased information receiving willingness.Far away.