News Science Quarterly (NS)

News Science Quarterly (NS)

The Role of Health News of News Agencies in Informing Tehrani Female Students in the Era of Corona

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Meysam Farokhi 1
Samira Karami 2
1 Corresponding author, Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Refah Faculty, Tehran, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: farokhi@refah.ac.ir
2 Master of Social Communication Science, Refah Faculty, Tehran, Iran. E-mail: samer_karim@yahoo.com
10.22034/lrsi.2024.471600.1217
Abstract
Objective: To investigate the role of health news of news agencies in informing Tehrani female students during the Corona period.
Methods: The research is applied in terms of purpose and of the survey type, which was used to collect data from a researcher-made questionnaire. The statistical population consists of all the female students of Refah Faculty in 2023, 273 students were selected by stratified random sampling method. In order to calculate the validity, Cronbach's alpha questionnaire was used from some professors and experts and the reliability supervisor, and the items were confirmed (alpha = 0.93). Regression and ANOVA tests have been used to test research hypotheses (10 hypotheses).
Results: According to the results regarding the age variable, 75.1% of the respondents are in the age range of 20-30 years old and accounted for the highest frequency, and only 0.7% of the female students are over 50 years old. 89% of students are studying at the undergraduate level. About 72.6% of students are single and 27.4% are married. About 76.8 percent of the respondents are not employed and 23.2 of them are employed. 85.3% of students live in Tehran province and 14.7% of students are studying in Tehran. 38.9% of the respondents are studying in their fourth academic year and 13.9% are studying in the first year of university with the least frequency It indicates that the health news of the news agencies in the research variables include knowledge of ways to prevent corona, health behaviors towards corona, nutrition culture, personal protection, timely visit to the doctor in case of corona, use of herbal products affecting Corona, complying with quarantine during the Corona era, changing the shopping behavior pattern from face-to-face to online, carrying out vaccination and raising awareness among Tehrani female students play a significant role, and in other words, there is a significant relationship between the variable of health news of news agencies and other variables of the research.
Conclusions: It should be mentioned that since some of the respondents stated that they are not familiar enough with the news agencies, it is necessary for the news agencies to put appropriate information on their agenda in order to familiarize the people of the society with their mission and social responsibility. Considering the growing trend of informing through different media and the mission of news agencies to produce news content for other media, it is suggested: since the statistical population of this study is only female students; It is suggested to use a larger statistical community in future researches to measure the impact of news agencies on informing the audience. Mixed methods or qualitative methods should also be used to measure the impact of news agencies on informing the audience. The impact of news agencies on informing the audience in other fields, including economic, political, social and cultural, should be investigated. The comparison between the impact of news agencies on different groups of society should be investigated. Considering the importance of information in times of crisis, it is suggested to investigate the impact of news agencies in different crises, and based on the performance and points of improvement, a written program should be developed to make news agencies more effective.
Keywords
News Agency
Health News
Health Communication
Corona
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