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COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions and Online Media Consumption in Germany
The lockdown restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic have led to increased stress levels and feelings of anxiety in the general population. Problematic usage of certain online applications is one frequent way to compensate for negative feelings and stress. The current study investigated changes of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7792961/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33375139 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010014 |
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author | Lemenager, Tagrid Neissner, Miriam Koopmann, Anne Reinhard, Iris Georgiadou, Ekaterini Müller, Astrid Kiefer, Falk Hillemacher, Thomas |
author_facet | Lemenager, Tagrid Neissner, Miriam Koopmann, Anne Reinhard, Iris Georgiadou, Ekaterini Müller, Astrid Kiefer, Falk Hillemacher, Thomas |
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description | The lockdown restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic have led to increased stress levels and feelings of anxiety in the general population. Problematic usage of certain online applications is one frequent way to compensate for negative feelings and stress. The current study investigated changes of online media consumption during the lockdown in Germany. Gender and age specific differences in specific online activities were assessed. n = 3245 subjects participated in an online survey conducted between the 8th April and the 11th May 2020. Participants’ age ranged between 18 and >55 years. A considerably high percentage (71.4%) of participants reported increased online media consumption during the lockdown. Male participants were more likely to increase their consumption of gaming and erotic platforms, while female participants reported a higher increase in the engagement in social networks, information research, and video streaming than males. The findings revealed an increased usage of all online applications during the lockdown. For the clarification whether the increase might present a risk for elevated Internet-use disorders or can be regarded as a functional and time-limited phenomenon, further studies, assessing changes in these online activities after the end of the pandemic, are needed. |
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spelling | pubmed-77929612021-01-09 COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions and Online Media Consumption in Germany Lemenager, Tagrid Neissner, Miriam Koopmann, Anne Reinhard, Iris Georgiadou, Ekaterini Müller, Astrid Kiefer, Falk Hillemacher, Thomas Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The lockdown restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic have led to increased stress levels and feelings of anxiety in the general population. Problematic usage of certain online applications is one frequent way to compensate for negative feelings and stress. The current study investigated changes of online media consumption during the lockdown in Germany. Gender and age specific differences in specific online activities were assessed. n = 3245 subjects participated in an online survey conducted between the 8th April and the 11th May 2020. Participants’ age ranged between 18 and >55 years. A considerably high percentage (71.4%) of participants reported increased online media consumption during the lockdown. Male participants were more likely to increase their consumption of gaming and erotic platforms, while female participants reported a higher increase in the engagement in social networks, information research, and video streaming than males. The findings revealed an increased usage of all online applications during the lockdown. For the clarification whether the increase might present a risk for elevated Internet-use disorders or can be regarded as a functional and time-limited phenomenon, further studies, assessing changes in these online activities after the end of the pandemic, are needed. MDPI 2020-12-22 2021-01 /pmc/articles/PMC7792961/ /pubmed/33375139 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010014 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Lemenager, Tagrid Neissner, Miriam Koopmann, Anne Reinhard, Iris Georgiadou, Ekaterini Müller, Astrid Kiefer, Falk Hillemacher, Thomas COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions and Online Media Consumption in Germany |
title | COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions and Online Media Consumption in Germany |
title_full | COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions and Online Media Consumption in Germany |
title_fullStr | COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions and Online Media Consumption in Germany |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions and Online Media Consumption in Germany |
title_short | COVID-19 Lockdown Restrictions and Online Media Consumption in Germany |
title_sort | covid-19 lockdown restrictions and online media consumption in germany |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7792961/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33375139 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010014 |
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