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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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)...

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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...

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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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