Technology & behavioral changes mediation for personnel safety intentions: Crisis in theoretical framework

•New social media trends had substantial effects on technology and behavioral changes (TBC).•Data insights and TBC bring innovative opportunities for individuals.•TBC mediates the relationship between health anxiety and personal safety intentions.•Social media use provides mitigation for risk management.•Behavioral changes framework can be used to upsurge customer/users engagement in the crisis.. With a theoretical S-O-R(stimulus-organism-response) framework, the study focused on the technology and behavioral changes ensuring personal safety intentions in developed countries. Covid-19 Crisis made the scenario feel the difference in rich people's society or not? Rare research focused on technology-related behavioral changes due to the 20th century and a surge in data insights. A random sampling technique was used to analyze data from 580 individuals. At first, P.L.S. (partial least square) analysis proved that leisure, health anxiety-related information flow, and especially new social media trends had substantial effects on technology and behavioral changes. Statistical results, including time series and correlation results, focused more on personnel safety intentions in China. Individual-based historical data proved a huge data use intentions change even until 2022. Hence, the first-ever preliminary research findings will open a new aperture in information management.