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Court of jurisdiction is Zürich.</p> contact@ejhc.org (EJHC Editorial Team) oa@ub.uzh.ch (HOPE-Team) Thu, 13 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0200 OJS 3.3.0.13 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 https://ejhc.org/article/view/3870 <p>The <em>impersonal impact hypothesis</em> states that news consumption leads to an increase of social concern, but not to an increase of personal concern, whereas the latter is most important for stimulating behaviour change. However, previous findings are mixed and mostly investigate <em>private</em> health behaviour. Here we, therefore, conceptually replicate these findings by studying a <em>public</em> health crisis: the case of the Covid-19 pandemic. The results of our longitudinal, five-wave study do not show support for the impersonal impact hypothesis, but rather seem to reveal the possibility of a <em>personal impact hypothesis</em>. That is, our findings show that news consumption increased participants’ personal concerns and to a lesser extent their societal concerns. News consumption furthermore indirectly affected adherence to governmental policy measures via these concerns. Additionally, participants adhered more to these measures when they believed they can make an incremental difference in stopping Covid-19 by adhering to Covid-19 policies (i.e., direct effect of participative beliefs). The belief of “doing it together” seems thus vital for policy adherence. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.</p> Edith G. Smit, Marijn H. C. Meijers, Carolin Ischen Copyright (c) 2023 Edith G. Smit, Marijn H. C. Meijers, Carolin Ischen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://ejhc.org/article/view/3870 Thu, 13 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0200 https://ejhc.org/article/view/3613 <p>Cannabis is one of the most common substances consumed among adolescents and research demonstrates that exposure to cannabis-related content online is associated with cannabis consumption. However, little is known about the relationship between exposure on different social media platforms and the role of personal characteristics such as sensation seeking. We conducted a cross-sectional study among 1,309 adolescents between 15 and 19 years old in Switzerland investigating the relationship between exposure to cannabis-related content on Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok and the intention to consume cannabis. Results suggest a positive link between exposure to cannabis-related content on Instagram and the intention to consume cannabis. No such link emerged regarding Snapchat or TikTok. Additionally, we found a positive relationship between adolescents’ sensation seeking and the intention to consume cannabis. Moreover, we found that high sensation seekers’ exposure to cannabis-related content on Snapchat is positively related to the intention to consume cannabis. In sum, this study shows that not only the platform matters when discussing the effects of cannabis-related online content but also personal characteristics such as sensation seeking.</p> Alice Binder, Tobias Frey, Thomas N. Friemel Copyright (c) 2023 Alice Binder, Tobias Frey, Thomas N. Friemel https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://ejhc.org/article/view/3613 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0200