Health & New Media Research

Original Article

June 30, 2025

Testing a user engagement model of motivational technology for exercise behavior and postpartum weight management

Hyang-Sook Kim, Mun-Young Chung

Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):1-20.

Postpartum weight retention is a well-known risk factor associated with various physical and psychological health problems among postpartum women, including depression and long-term obesity. Following the trend of the wide...

Original Article

June 30, 2025

What patients are hearing: a large-scale corpus analysis of the most referenced medical conditions and pharmacologic drugs in popular medical television

Aravind Sreeram

Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):21-32.

Medical television dramas have a profound impact on the public’s understanding of healthcare. This study conducted a corpus analysis of the subtitles from two long-running medical dramas, Grey’s Anatomy and...

Original Article

June 30, 2025

Biodigital hypnotherapists and AI therapy: key psychological and clinical risks explained

Marie-Nathalie JAUFFRET, Éleonora ABREU

Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):33-44.

The integration of biodigitalization into mental health care may lead to the development of technologically assisted hypnosis systems using avatars, AI, and deepfake technologies. These systems have the potential to...

Original Article

June 30, 2025

Diagnosis or prognosis? an analysis of COVID-19 news framing and its association with affective tones and efficacy information

Youngkee Ju, Jeongsub Lim

Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):45-57.

Societies across the world had faced a challenging health threat with a likely common goal worldwide to control the spread of COVID-19. Anticipating a worldwide desire for problem-solving, this study...

Original Article

June 30, 2025

Mental health and emotional labour: evidence from the EndSARS digital protest

Silas Udenze

Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):58-70.

This study examines how protesters in the EndSARS (Special Anti-Robbery Squad) movement experienced and managed mental health challenges, and how these experiences impacted their online advocacy and psychological well-being. Through...

Original Article

June 30, 2025

Tailoring health messages for migrant audiences: the role of social media influencers in the COVID-19 pandemic

Anna Smoliarova

Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):71-83.

This paper explores how social media influencers adapted their roles during the COVID-19 pandemic. It examines how audiences increasingly relied on influencers for information and guidance as traditional sources were...

Original Article

June 30, 2025

Behavioural change communication and response to Nigeria’s 2024 cholera outbreak: sustainable solution at last?

Titilayo Remilekun Osuagwu

Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):84-106.

Various communication arsenals are often used during a disease outbreak, but little is known about the use of different strategies to influence behaviour that enhances disease prevention and cure. Thus,...

Original Article

June 30, 2025

The interplay of communication and health: the potential of communication technologies to promote health behaviour change in school-based nutrition interventions

Sara Henriques, Manuel Jose Damasio

Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):107-123.

This study examines the role of communication and digital technologies in school-based nutrition interventions, focusing on their effectiveness in promoting fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption and reducing sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB)...

Original Article

June 30, 2025

Perceived search overload, generative AI credibility, and comparative usefulness: a channel complementarity approach to health information seeking

Joon Soo Lim, Nalae Hong

Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):124-145.

Grounded in Channel Complementarity Theory (CCT), this study assumes that users perceive Generative AI (GenAI) tools not as replacements but as complementary sources for seeking health information. Applying the push-pull-mooring...

Original Article

June 30, 2025

An empirical cross-sectional analysis of the corrections in the New York Times’ COVID-19 coverage

Alyson Haslam, Quiana Harshman, Vinay Prasad

Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):146-153.

Newspaper journalists are viewed as important purveyors of information—information that should be unbiased, especially in times of uncertainty. We sought to examine the corrections in the New York Times (NYT)...

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Testing a user engagement model of motivational technology for exercise behavior and postpartum weight management Hyang-Sook Kim, Mun-Young Chung Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):1-20. Original Article Jun 30, 2025 Full text PubReader ePub PDF	What patients are hearing: a large-scale corpus analysis of the most referenced medical conditions and pharmacologic drugs in popular medical television Aravind Sreeram Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):21-32. Original Article Jun 30, 2025 Full text PubReader ePub PDF
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Mental health and emotional labour: evidence from the EndSARS digital protest Silas Udenze Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):58-70. Original Article Jun 30, 2025 Full text PubReader ePub PDF	Tailoring health messages for migrant audiences: the role of social media influencers in the COVID-19 pandemic Anna Smoliarova Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):71-83. Original Article Jun 30, 2025 Full text PubReader ePub PDF
Behavioural change communication and response to Nigeria’s 2024 cholera outbreak: sustainable solution at last? Titilayo Remilekun Osuagwu Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):84-106. Original Article Jun 30, 2025 Full text PubReader ePub PDF	The interplay of communication and health: the potential of communication technologies to promote health behaviour change in school-based nutrition interventions Sara Henriques, Manuel Jose Damasio Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):107-123. Original Article Jun 30, 2025 Full text PubReader ePub PDF
Perceived search overload, generative AI credibility, and comparative usefulness: a channel complementarity approach to health information seeking Joon Soo Lim, Nalae Hong Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):124-145. Original Article Jun 30, 2025 Full text PubReader ePub PDF	An empirical cross-sectional analysis of the corrections in the New York Times’ COVID-19 coverage Alyson Haslam, Quiana Harshman, Vinay Prasad Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):146-153. Original Article Jun 30, 2025 Full text PubReader ePub PDF Supplementary Material
AI containment problem: it’s time to act before it’s too late Junga Kim Health New Media Res. 2025;9(1):154-158. Book Review Jun 30, 2025 Full text PubReader ePub PDF

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