[
    {
        "id": "osp-9497",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Social Media as a Health-related Information Source about the Coronavirus among a Sample of Kuwaiti Youth Social Media as a Health-related Information Source about the Coronavirus among a Sample of Kuwaiti Youth",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al-Kandari",
                "given": "Yagoub Yousif"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Sejari",
                "given": "Maha Meshari"
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/social-media-as-a-health-related-information-source-about-the-coronavirus-among-a-sample-of-kuwaiti-youth-social-media-as-a-health-related-information",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Journal of Arts and Social Sciences",
        "volume": "14",
        "issue": "3",
        "page": "10",
        "DOI": "10.53542/jass.v14i3.6278",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2312-1270",
        "abstract": "Due to the rapid dissemination of COVID-19, the public community has begun following social media as a main source of health-related information daily due to the grave, life-threatening implications on patients’ health. The current study aims to (1) detect socio-demographic differences, knowledge of COVID-19 symptoms and general health, and social media trust among youth; (2) determine the degree of using social media and traditional media among youth; and (3) examine the relationship between using social media to track COVID-19 news (symptoms, general health knowledge, and social media trust) and the degree of using social media. This is a cross-sectional study conducted among 663 Kuwaiti youth from all governorates in Kuwait. A self-administrated questionnaire consisted of demographic information and variables related to using social and traditional media to receive information about COVID-19. Findings detect that females and older youth participants show higher COVID-19 general health knowledge and more trust in social media. Males reported highest in following Satellite TV channels, and Instagram as sources of health information. The youngest age group reported a greater use of social media in general. The primary social media platform for following the news is Twitter, with Kuwait TV being the main source of traditional media."
    }
]