A United States-China Comparison of Risk Information-Seeking Intentions

被引：67
作者：
Yang, Z. Janet [1 ]
Kahlor, LeeAnn [2 ]
Li, Haichun [3 ]
机构：
[1] SUNY Buffalo, Dept Commun, Buffalo, NY 14260 USA
[2] Univ Texas Austin, Dept Advertising & Publ Relat, Austin, TX 78712 USA
[3] Beijing Normal Univ, Sch Polit Sci & Int Studies, Beijing 100875, Peoples R China
来源：
COMMUNICATION RESEARCH | 2014年 / 41卷 / 07期
关键词：
information seeking; climate change; comparative analysis; risk; environment; CLIMATE-CHANGE; HEALTH INFORMATION; COMMUNICATION; MODEL; NORMS; SELF; PERCEPTIONS; PARADIGM; IMPACT; VALUES;
D O I：
10.1177/0093650213479795
中图分类号：
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号：
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要：
We applied structural equation modeling to examine how the Risk Information Seeking and Processing (RISP) model predicts information-seeking intentions in the United States and China. The context for this comparison was climate change. Results indicate that in the Chinese sample, seeking intentions were less influenced by environmental attitudes, risk perceptions, negative affect, information insufficiency, and behavioral beliefs. Across the two samples, subjective norms had similar impacts on seeking intentions. Overall, the model has cross-cultural validity and applicability in accounting for risk communication behaviors in these two nations. Based on prior support for this model outside of the context of climate change, the model is well poised to serve as a framework for a variety of cross-cultural risk information-seeking contexts.
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页码：935 / 960
页数：26
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