ArticleJournal of broadcasting & electronic media2017
LMFAO! Humor as a Response to Fear: Decomposing Fear Control within the Extended Parallel Process Model.
Article in Journal of broadcasting & electronic media, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Assessing Responses to Cannabis Health Warnings Among Adults in U.S. Recreational States.American journal of preventive medicine · 2025Trial
- Affect-inducing cues in risk messages: impact on collective negative emotions during public health emergencies.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The Mediating Role of Humor in Relation With COVID-19 Fear, Anxiety and Depression of Bangladeshi People: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Motivating Self-Care and Enhancing Treatment Adherence in Elderly Type 2 Diabetes: An Extended Parallel Process Model Intervention.Nursing research and practice · 2025Article
- Integrating health behavior theories to predict American's intention to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.Patient education and counseling · 2021Article
- Humor and Fear-Two Sides of the Same Coin?: Experimental Evidence on Humor Appeals in Health Communication Related to Childhood Vaccination.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Review of Evaluation Metrics Used in Digital and Traditional Tobacco Control Campaigns.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Review
- Reactions to tobacco warning labels: predictors and outcomes of adaptive and maladaptive responses.Addiction research & theory · 2019Article
- Vaping associated with healthy food words: A content analysis of Twitter.Addictive behaviors reports · 2018Article
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Abstract
This study seeks to analyze fear control responses to the 2012 Tips from Former Smokers campaign using the Extended Parallel Process Model (EPPM). The goal is to examine the occurrence of ancillary fear control responses, like humor. In order to explore individuals' responses in an organic setting, we use Twitter data-tweets-collected via the Firehose. Content analysis of relevant fear control tweets (N = 14,281) validated the existence of boomerang responses within the EPPM: denial, defensive avoidance, and reactance. More importantly, results showed that humor tweets were not only a significant occurrence but constituted the majority of fear control responses.
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