Comparative cultural study : a cross-case study between China and the United States on communication inequalities and buying behavior in a public health emergency under COVID-19 / Yufeng Lin, Adolf KY Ng.
Effective mitigation to the impacts of sudden, large-scale epidemic outbreak, such as COVID-19, is a key issue as it poses substantial impacts on human lives. We first employ a survey method to collect data from China and the United States during COVID-19, comparing responses from these two countrie...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
SAGE Publications, Ltd.,
2022.
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| Series: | SAGE research methods cases.
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| Online Access: | SAGE |
| Summary: | Effective mitigation to the impacts of sudden, large-scale epidemic outbreak, such as COVID-19, is a key issue as it poses substantial impacts on human lives. We first employ a survey method to collect data from China and the United States during COVID-19, comparing responses from these two countries. Interview was adopted to find out additional and deep insights, which may be overlooked in the survey. We found out individualism versus collectivism dimension can explain differences on people's (1) public health emergency preparedness (PHEP) information access, use, and exposure, (2) communication inequalities, (3) risk perception, and (4) panic buying behavior in COVID-19. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1529605245 9781529605242 |