Università della Svizzera italiana

A transdisciplinary analysis of COVID-19 in Italy : the most affected country in Europe

Ortenzi, Flaminia ; Albanese, Emiliano ; Fadda, Marta

In: International journal of environmental research and public health, 2020, vol. 17, no. 24, p. 12 p

As of 27 March 2020, 199 countries and territories and one international conveyance are affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. As of the same date, Italy represents the third country worldwide in total number of cases and the first one in total number of deaths. The purpose of this study is to analyse the Italian case and identify key problem questions and lessons learned from the Italian...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Strategic uses of Facebook in Zika outbreak communication : implications for the crisis and emergency risk communication model

Lwin, May O. ; Lu, Jiahui ; Sheldenkar, Anita ; Schulz, Peter J.

In: International journal of environmental research and public health, 2018, vol. 15, no. 9, p. 1974

While social media has been increasingly used for communication of infectious disease outbreaks, little is known about how social media can improve strategic communication across various stages of the health crisis. The Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication Model (Reynolds CERC) outlines strategies across different crisis phases and can guide crisis communication on social...

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

Social media in public health: is it used and is it useful?

Tonia, Thomy

In: International Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 59, no. 6, p. 889-891

Université de Fribourg

Communication management 2.0 : The development of three socio-cognitive models for brand page usage

Ingenhoff, Diana ; Ruehl, Christopher Hendrik

In: Journal of Communication Management, 2017, vol. 21, no. 2, p. 170-185

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how and why individuals use corporate pages on Facebook with the aim of developing a usage-specific inventory of incentive factors which describe brand page utilization for consumption, participation and production behavior. Design/methodology/approach – A combined perspective of uses-and-gratifications (U&G) and social cognitive theory...

Université de Fribourg

Communication management on social networking sites : Stakeholder motives and usage types of corporate Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages

Ruehl, Christopher Hendrik ; Ingenhoff, Diana

In: Journal of communication management, 2015, vol. 19, no. 3, p. 288-302

Purpose – Over the last years, many corporations have started to maintain profile pages on social networking sites (SNS), but research on how and why organizational stakeholders use these profile pages has not kept pace. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – The study applies a combined perspective of uses-andgratifications (U&G) and social cognitive theory...