Public knowledge, perception and communication behavior surrounding COVID-19 in Malaysia

• DOI: 10.31124/advance.12102816.v1
• Publication Date: 2020-04-09T22:06:21Z
• Authors: Khayriyyah Mohd H...; Chang Da Wan
• Keywords: Malay; Social distance; Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic is the first to occur in an age of hyperconnectivity. This paper presents results from online anonymous survey conducted Malay, English, and Chinese, during week Movement Control Order Malaysia (n=1075), which aimed examine public knowledge, perception communication behavior Malaysian society face a sudden outbreak social distancing measures. Although level risk positive surrounding was high, majority respondents reported receiving lot questionable information. Multinomial logistic regression further identified that responses different items varied significantly across respondent language, gender, age, education employment status.