ABSTRACT

During the COVID-19 pandemic, social media played an important role in disseminating information and procedures for dealing with this pandemic, however, there is a lack of studies investigating the perceptions of social media users concerning the regulations and measures issued by authorities to encounter and cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, which was exceptional at that time. Therefore, this study purposed to explore the perceptions of social media users about the regulations and instructions of the authorities’ measures in times of the COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan. A qualitative method including thematic analysis and content analysis was adopted to evaluate social media posts, which involved the text and images found in these posts during the period from March 2020 to June 2020. Three social media websites were included in the study, namely Facebook, Snapchat, and Twitter. Five themes were extracted from 317 posts, including COVID-19 is a bubble economy, COVID-19 is a political game, health-related information about COVID-19 and safety precautions, COVID-19 regulations influenced personal restrictions and freedom confiscation, and COVID-19 is a financial burden. Thus, this study may provide recommendations for policy-makers to develop campaigns and activities based on people’s perspectives and design the appropriate health and economic promotions and interventions.

摘要

在 COVID-19 大流行期间，社交媒体在传播应对这一流行病的信息和程序方面发挥了重要作用，然而，缺乏研究调查社交媒体用户对当局为应对和应对疫情而发布的法规和措施的看法。应对 COVID-19 大流行，这在当时是非常罕见的。因此，本研究旨在探讨约旦 COVID-19 大流行期间社交媒体用户对当局措施的规定和指示的看法。采用包括主题分析和内容分析在内的定性方法来评估社交媒体帖子，涉及2020年3月至2020年6月期间这些帖子中发现的文本和图像。研究中包括三个社交媒体网站，即 Facebook、Snapchat 和 Twitter。从 317 个帖子中提取了五个主题，包括 COVID-19 是泡沫经济、COVID-19 是政治游戏、有关 COVID-19 的健康相关信息和安全预防措施、COVID-19 法规影响个人限制和自由没收以及 COVID-19 -19是经济负担。因此，这项研究可以为政策制定者提供建议，以根据人们的观点制定运动和活动，并设计适当的健康和经济促进和干预措施。COVID-19 是一种经济负担。因此，这项研究可以为政策制定者提供建议，以根据人们的观点制定运动和活动，并设计适当的健康和经济促进和干预措施。COVID-19 是一种经济负担。因此，这项研究可以为政策制定者提供建议，以根据人们的观点制定运动和活动，并设计适当的健康和经济促进和干预措施。