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The Impact of Health Information on Chinese Social Media on Chinese University Students

Authors
Jiaying Cai1, *
1School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, 215123, China
*Corresponding author. Email: Jiaying.Cai19@student.xjtlu.edu.cn
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Jiaying Cai
Available Online 19 November 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-05-3_159How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Health information; Social media platforms; University students; Anxiety
Abstract

In the digital age, the development of social media has provided a plethora of opportunities for the publication and dissemination of various health information. Chinese college students, as the major users of social media platforms, receive a great deal of health information, intentionally or unintentionally. This health information, whether authoritative and professional or false and inaccurate, can have a certain impact on the mental health and life safety of college students. Since there are few studies on this topic in China, and some of them only concentrate on the influencing factors but lack research on the behaviour of college students after adopting health information, the subject of this paper is the impact of health information on social media platforms on Chinese college students. This paper distributed a questionnaire for data collection and conducted a descriptive analysis to form results. The study found that college students were wary of health messages on social media, and that endorsing health messages could lead to anxiety and cause them to adjust and change their existing health behaviours.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Science Education and Art Appreciation (SEAA 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
19 November 2022
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10.2991/978-2-494069-05-3_159
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-05-3_159How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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