تأثير التعرض لتغطية أزمة فيروس كورونا بالمواقع الإخبارية على تشكيل الحالة المزاجية للجمهور المصري : دراسة ميدانية

Abstract EN

The Effect of Exposure to News Sites Coverage of Corona Virus Crisis on the Egyptian Public Mood Formation, Field Study 

The study examined the effect of exposure to news sites coverage of Corona virus crisis on the Egyptian public mood formation An electronic questionnaire was applied on 400 samples.

The study was designed to include knowledge about the exposure intensity of news sites and their proper nature, as well as the motives for exposure in order to monitor the personal and public mood (whether positive or negative)
The study focused on future expectations and the degree of satisfaction concerning the official procedure that was taken to deal with the corona virus crisis
The study came to the conclusion that social media networks and news sites are the main sources of information.

Besides that the cognitive motives came first as motives of exposure to news sites then the personal motives.

Fear: Fear and tension motives increased at the level of ritual motives among the public
The study revealed the dominant negative mood about the topics that covered corona virus in the news sites, and in return this was reflected on the personal and public mood of the Egyptian public.