Abstract
We conducted a survey of university students who had been restricted in their behavior by the
declaration of a state of emergency due to a new type of coronavirus infection (COVID-19), to determine their actual behavior toward the media during that period. As a result, the following three
criteria were achieved: “not passive towards the media, but active in acquiring and examining information on their own,” “relativity to make full use of all kinds of media, and to be able to compare and select the right information,” and “objectivity to maintain an appropriate social distance from the media and to manage oneself calmly in an emergency situation.
