Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
6-2014
Abstract
This study replicates and extends the planned risk information seeking model (PRISM) in the context of impersonal risk by incorporating media use as an antecedent of risk information seeking intention. Results indicate that the model applies equally well to Singaporeans’ climate change information seeking intention as it does in the context of personal health information, suggesting that the model is generalizable across different risk and cultural contexts. Findings suggest that media use is an important source of perceived knowledge and, indirectly, sufficiency threshold, which clarifies the role of actual information seeking in risk perceptions and future information seeking.
Keywords
climate change, information insufficiency, media, risk information seeking, Singapore
Discipline
Communication Technology and New Media | Environmental Sciences
Research Areas
Integrative Research Areas
Publication
Science Communication
Volume
36
Issue
3
First Page
270
Last Page
295
ISSN
1075-5470
Identifier
10.1177/1075547013520238
Publisher
SAGE Publications (UK and US)
Citation
HO, Shirley S.; DETENBER, Benjamin H.; ROSENTHAL, Sonny; and LEE, Edmund W. J..
Seeking information about climate change: effects of media use in an extended PRISM. (2014). Science Communication. 36, (3), 270-295.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/199
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1177/1075547013520238