COVID-19, MEDIA DEPENDENCY AND FEAR OF DEATH: ANALYSIS OF PRE, DURING AND POST INFECTION AMONG AFFECTED PEOPLE

Psychiatr Danub. 2023 Winter;35(4):578-581. doi: 10.24869/psyd.2023.578.

Abstract

Current research study aimed to know about media effects on individuals perception about death due to Covid-19 before, during and post disease among the people who suffered due to this disease. Media is main source of information and people depend upon media to know about any new issue. Study was interview based and ten individuals recovered from Covid-19 were interviewed. Interview was consisted on three parts i.e. before, during and after recover from Covid-19 Furthermore, researcher designed rating scale consisted on 0-6 numbers where 0 represented no fear of death due to media coverage about Covid-19 and 6 represented extremely high fear of death due to media coverage. The results found before infection media dependency was high and fear of death due to media information was moderate, while during isolation after being infected the fear of death was high and media dependency was moderate, whereas after recovery, both fear of death and media dependency found very low among individuals who suffered from Covid-19.

Keywords: Covid-19; Fear of Death; Media Dependency.

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19* / psychology
  • Humans
  • Mass Media*
  • Phobic Disorders*

Supplementary concepts

  • Necrophobia