The Influence of Media Information Sources on Preventive Behaviors in China: After the Outbreak of COVID-19 Pandemic

<table class="table-group" id="tab8"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">News media platform</td><td class="align_center">Mean (standard deviation)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">State-controlled media (Xinhua news agency, CCTV, p<i>eople</i>’<i>’s daily</i>, people’’s daily online, etc.)</td><td class="align_center">3.35 (1.04)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Local media (local TV stations and local newspapers)</td><td class="align_center">2.66 (1.12)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Commercial news media (<i>Southern people weekly</i>, <i>Southern Metropolis daily</i>, <i>the paper</i>, <i>caixin weekly</i>, etc.)</td><td class="align_center">2.18 (0.98)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Weixin official accounts</td><td class="align_center">3.01 (1.12)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Weixin moments</td><td class="align_center">3.05 (1.30)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Weibo</td><td class="align_center">3.18 (1.30)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Mean of the audience’s exposure to COVID-19 vaccine information through news media platforms.</div>

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

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Table 8: The Influence of Media Information Sources on Preventive Behaviors in China: After the Outbreak of COVID-19 Pandemic 