Table 2.
Independent-samples t Tests Comparing Participants’ Media Use and Attitudes Toward COVID-19 Policies in June and December 2022.
| Variable | June 10–13, 2022 |
December 2, 2022 |
Mean difference | Standard error | t | df | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||||||
| Mainstream media use | 23.41 | 29.98 | −6.57 | 1.73 | −3.79 | 819.42 | <.001 |
| (21.73) | (29.87) | ||||||
| WeChat use | 17.82 | 24.49 | −6.67 | 1.81 | −3.69 | 774.97 | <.001 |
| (21.20) | (32.15) | ||||||
| Susceptibility to COVID-19 | 4.89 | 4.89 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.00 | 908 | .998 |
| (1.75) | (1.67) | ||||||
| Severity of COVID-19 | 5.55 | 5.08 | 0.41 | 0.08 | 5.46 | 891.87 | <.001 |
| (1.02) | (1.21) | ||||||
| Positive health consequence (zero-COVID) | 6.07 | 5.85 | 0.22 | 0.06 | 3.76 | 835.2 | <.001 |
| (0.74) | (0.98) | ||||||
| Positive health consequences (relaxing restrictions) | 2.26 | 3.11 | −0.85 | 0.10 | −8.92 | 866.3 | <.001 |
| (1.29) | (1.58) | ||||||
| Disruption to the economy (zero-COVID) | 4.78 | 5.01 | −0.23 | 0.09 | −2.45 | 908 | .015 |
| (1.41) | (1.41) | ||||||
| Disruption to the economy (relaxing restrictions) | 4.64 | 3.91 | 0.73 | 0.09 | 7.70 | 908 | <.001 |
| (1.41) | (1.45) | ||||||
| Fear of the zero-COVID process | 3.11 | 3.04 | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.69 | 908 | .491 |
| (1.45) | (1.46) | ||||||
| Fear of the relaxing-restriction process | 5.53 | 4.62 | 0.91 | 0.10 | 9.09 | 851.88 | <.001 |
| (1.32) | (1.68) | ||||||
| Attitudes toward zero-COVID | 5.45 | 5.11 | 0.33 | 0.08 | 4.34 | 870.0 | <.001 |
| (1.05) | (1.26) | ||||||
| Attitudes toward relaxing restrictions | 2.70 | 3.84 | −1.14 | 0.10 | −11.31 | 863.8 | <.001 |
| (1.35) | (1.67) |
Note. N = 460 and N = 450. WeChat and mainstream media use were measured in minutes. All other scale values ranged from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree).