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Zeng J, Duan H, Zhou Z, Song J. Seeking information about waste-to-energy incineration projects: The role of objective knowledge and benefit perceptions in an extended PRISM. RISK ANALYSIS : AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SOCIETY FOR RISK ANALYSIS 2024; 44:1743-1758. [PMID: 38356154 DOI: 10.1111/risa.14282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2023] [Revised: 01/26/2024] [Accepted: 01/31/2024] [Indexed: 02/16/2024]
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Although waste-to-energy (WtE) incineration projects have boosted the economic effectiveness of the waste management system, locals frequently view them with suspicion, opposition, or even outright rejection because of potential environmental and health risks. In this study, by incorporating two additional variables, namely, objective knowledge and benefit perceptions, the planned risk information seeking model (PRISM) was extended in the context of the WtE incineration project. A total of 1726 respondents were interviewed in person. Results from the structural equation modeling indicated that the extended PRISM achieved excellent fits, suggesting the generalizability of the model in these contexts. Objective knowledge and subjective knowledge have a positive and direct impact on perceived knowledge insufficiency. The impact of benefit and risk perceptions on worry is the opposite, with risk perceptions having a greater direct effect on worry. However, compared with risk perceptions, the direct effect that benefit perceptions have on perceived knowledge insufficiency is stronger. Additionally, perceived knowledge insufficiency partially or completely mediates the relationships between all antecedents, except perceived seeking control, and information-seeking intention. This study suggests that risk managers carefully consider how to establish powerful communication tactics to shape these antecedents when introducing a "not in my backyard" project to the local community.
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- Jing Zeng
- School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China
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- School of Economics and Management, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan Province, China
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Lin Z, Wang X. The Underlying Mechanisms of Active and Passive Cancer Information Behaviors: A Comparative Study Between Hong Kong and the United States. HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2023:1-12. [PMID: 37994024 DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2023.2286405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2023]
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Although increasingly popular, theoretical frameworks describing complex and multidimensional cancer information behaviors remain limited. In response, this study developed a context-specific model by integrating cancer worry into the situational theory of problem solving (STOPS) to explain individuals' active and passive information behaviors. An online survey conducted in Hong Kong (N = 593) and the United States (N = 625) revealed that STOPS factors play different roles in explaining active and passive information behaviors, with the referent criterion and situation motivation being the dominant factors of active and passive information behaviors, respectively. Cancer worry partly mediated the relationship between such behaviors and situational motivation. While the effect of STOPS factors can be generally replicated across Hong Kong and U.S. contexts, the effects of cancer worry cannot. Altogether, our study has answered the call for research on the boundary conditions of STOPS and a more systematic understanding of cancer information behaviors.
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- Zhi Lin
- School of Journalism and Media, Moody College of Communication, The University of Texas at Austin
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- Department of Media and Communication, City University of Hong Kong
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Huang W, Song F, Zhang S, Xia T. Influence of deep learning-based journal reading guidance system on students’ national cognition and cultural acceptance. Front Psychol 2022; 13:950412. [PMID: 36092117 PMCID: PMC9453261 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.950412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2022] [Accepted: 08/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The purpose is to explore new cultivation modes of college students’ national cognition and cultural acceptance. Deep learning (DL) technology and Educational Psychology theory are introduced, and the influence of art journal reading on college students’ national cognition and cultural acceptance is analyzed under Educational Psychology. Firstly, the background of Educational Psychology, national cognition and cultural acceptance, and learning system are discussed following a literature review. The DL technology is introduced to construct the journal reading guidance system. The system can provide users with art journals and record the user habits like reading duration and preferences. Secondly, hypotheses are proposed, and a questionnaire survey is designed, with 12 specific indicators to investigate and collect research data. Finally, the collected data are analyzed. The results show that women’s cognition of Chinese traditional culture, Chinese excellent revolutionary culture, and Chinese national identity is higher than that of men. By comparison, men’s cognition of Chinese advanced socialist culture is higher than women’s. After using the journal reading guidance system, the cognition of female college students on traditional Chinese culture is improved by 16.3%. Before and after reading art journals, the overall national cognition and cultural acceptance of Minority students are higher than that of Han students. The overall cognition of Literature and History students is higher than that of Science and Engineering students in traditional Chinese culture and China’s excellent revolutionary culture and lower in advanced Chinese socialist culture and Chinese national identity. The overall cognition of college students’ party members to the advanced socialist culture is higher than league members. As students read more art journals through the guidance system, their overall national cognition and cultural acceptance have increased. Therefore, reading art journals can promote college students’ national cognition and cultural acceptance. A national cognition and cultural acceptance promotion system that conforms to the current situation of college students is constructed. The finding provides a reference for developing complex emotion recognition technology in human-computer interaction.
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- Wei Huang
- School of Arts, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
- *Correspondence: Wei Huang,
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- School of Design Art and Media, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China
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- School of Liberal Arts, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Economics, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China
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He R, Li Y. Media Exposure, Cancer Beliefs, and Cancer-Related Information-Seeking or Avoidance Behavior Patterns in China. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2021; 18:3130. [PMID: 33803594 PMCID: PMC8002949 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18063130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 03/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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This study explored the relationships between media exposure, cancer beliefs, and cancer information-seeking or information-avoidance behaviors. Based on the planned risk information-seeking model and its extended framework, two predictive models were constructed: one for cancer information seeking and the other for cancer information avoidance. A structural equation modeling strategy was applied to survey data from China HINTS 2017 (n = 3090) to compare the impact of traditional mass media and social media exposure to cancer-related information on cancer information-seeking and information-avoidance behaviors. The study findings suggest that health-related information exposure through different media channels may generate distinctive information-seeking or information-avoidance behaviors based on various cancer beliefs. Additionally, the findings indicate that social media exposure to health-related and cancer curability beliefs does not lead to cancer information avoidance; both mass media and social media exposure encourage people to seek cancer-related information. Cancer fatalism is positively associated with cancer information-seeking and avoiding intentions, suggesting that negative cancer beliefs predict seemingly contradictory yet psychologically coherent information intentions and behaviors.
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- Rui He
- Department of Journalism, School of Humanities, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, 100 Wudong RD, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200433, China;
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- School of Media and Communication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 800 Dongchuan RD, Minhang District, Shanghai 200240, China
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Niu Z, Willoughby J, Zhou R. Associations of Health Literacy, Social Media Use, and Self-Efficacy With Health Information-Seeking Intentions Among Social Media Users in China: Cross-sectional Survey. J Med Internet Res 2021; 23:e19134. [PMID: 33629955 PMCID: PMC7952238 DOI: 10.2196/19134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Revised: 09/04/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Empirical research has demonstrated that people frequently use social media for gathering and sharing online health information. Health literacy, social media use, and self-efficacy are important factors that may influence people's health behaviors online. OBJECTIVE We aimed to examine the associations between health literacy, health-related social media use, self-efficacy, and health behavioral intentions online. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional survey of adults 18 years and older (n=449) to examine predictors of health-related behavioral intentions online including health literacy, social media use, and self-efficacy in China using 2 moderated mediation models. Mediation and moderation analyses were conducted. RESULTS Self-efficacy mediated the effects of health literacy (Bindirect=0.213, 95% CI 0.101 to 0.339) and social media use (Bindirect=0.023, 95% CI 0.008 to 0.045) on health behavioral intentions on social media. Age moderated the effects of health literacy on self-efficacy (P=.03), while previous experience moderated the effects of social media use on self-efficacy (P<.001). CONCLUSIONS Health literacy and health-related social media use influenced health behavioral intentions on social media via their prior effects on self-efficacy. The association between health literacy and self-efficacy was stronger among younger respondents, whereas the association between health-related social media use and self-efficacy was stronger among those who previously had positive experiences with health information on social media. Health practitioners should target self-efficacy among older populations and increase positive media experience related to health.
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- Zhaomeng Niu
- Section of Behavioral Sciences, Division of Medical Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
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- The Edward R Murrow College of Communication, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, United States
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- School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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An Experimental Investigation into Promoting Mental Health Service Use on Social Media: Effects of Source and Comments. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17217898. [PMID: 33126537 PMCID: PMC7663063 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17217898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Mental health is an increasingly prevalent topic of public interest, but remains a complex area requiring focused research that must account for negative perceptions surrounding mental health issues. The current work explores the roles of social media information source credibility and valence of social media comments on health outcomes in such a mental health context. We used a 2 (message source: professional vs. layperson) × 3 (valence of comments: positive vs. negative vs. mixed) online experiment to examine the effects of source and valence of comments on trust, attitudes and intentions related to mental health information and services among 422 undergraduate students. Results supported the hypothesized model in which source influenced cognitive trust while comments influenced affective trust. Cognitive and affective trust both impacted attitudes towards mental health information which encourages the intention to share such information on social media. Additionally, affective trust impacted attitudes towards mental services which influenced intentions to seek them out. Source and valence of comments on social media impact different behavioral intentions regarding the use of mental health services. This study provides insights for future social media campaigns promoting mental health service use.
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Chen W, Zheng Q, Liang C, Xie Y, Gu D. Factors Influencing College Students' Mental Health Promotion: The Mediating Effect of Online Mental Health Information Seeking. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2020; 17:ijerph17134783. [PMID: 32635176 PMCID: PMC7370060 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17134783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2020] [Revised: 06/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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For college students, mental health is an important factor in ensuring their ability to study and have a normal life. This research focuses on factors affecting the mental health of college students in the information network society. We constructed a theoretical model that influences their online mental health information seeking behavior from internal and external perspectives, and by extension, affects their mental health. Through the data obtained by field research and questionnaire survey on the online mental health information seeking behavior of some college students in Internet health information platforms, a structural equation model is used to test the hypotheses. Results show that the quality of external Internet platforms and the quality of internal electronic health literacy have a significantly positive impact on the online health information searching behavior of college students; electronic health literacy and online mental health information seeking behavior have significantly direct positive effects on college students’ mental health. Further, online health information searching behavior has a significant mediating effect between Internet platform quality, electronic health literacy, and college students’ mental health. The research conclusions have theoretical value and practical significance to study the factors influencing college students’ mental health in the context of information network society.
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- Wenen Chen
- The School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China; (W.C.); (C.L.); (Y.X.); (D.G.)
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- The School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China; (W.C.); (C.L.); (Y.X.); (D.G.)
- The School of Management, Anhui Science and Technology University, Fengyang 233100, China
- Correspondence:
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- The School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China; (W.C.); (C.L.); (Y.X.); (D.G.)
- Key Laboratory of Process Optimization and Intelligent Decision-making of Ministry of Education, Hefei 230009, China
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- The School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China; (W.C.); (C.L.); (Y.X.); (D.G.)
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- The School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China; (W.C.); (C.L.); (Y.X.); (D.G.)
- Key Laboratory of Process Optimization and Intelligent Decision-making of Ministry of Education, Hefei 230009, China
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Niu Z, Jeong DC, Brickman J, Nam Y, Liu S, Stapleton JL. A Picture Worth a Thousand Texts? Investigating the Influences of Visual Appeals in a Text Message-Based Health Intervention. JOURNAL OF HEALTH COMMUNICATION 2020; 25:204-213. [PMID: 32096455 DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2020.1731631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Healthy eating among young people may curb obesity and improve health, but strong messaging is needed for healthy eating interventions. In the current work, we evaluated the usefulness of visual appeals in a pilot text message-based healthy eating intervention among college students. A 2 (gain vs. loss) × 2 (image vs. no image) design with pretest and posttest questionnaires (N = 111) revealed text-only messages with loss frames had an influence on affective risk response, while both gain- and loss-framed text messages with visual appeals had positive effects on attitudes and intentions. This pilot study provides evidence to support the feasibility of using visual appeals in text message-based health interventions. The implications of the current study are discussed.
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- Zhaomeng Niu
- Population Science, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA
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- Department of Fine Arts and Communication Studies, University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, SC, USA
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- College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
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