Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
1-2017
Abstract
This study examines relationships among health information orientation, situational perceptual frames, and active information behaviors pertinent to the safety controversy of genetically-modified (GM) food technology. A web survey was conducted in the US (N = 393). Based on our findings, an integrative model of Kim and Grunig’s (2011) Situational Theory of Problem Solving (STOPS) and Dutta-Bergman’s (2004) concept of health information orientation is suggested to explain lay health epistemics and various information behaviors about that new food technology. The study’s theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Keywords
GM food technology, health information orientation, lay health epistemics, situational theory of problem solving
Discipline
Communication | Food Science | Public Health
Research Areas
Corporate Communication
Publication
International Journal of Communication and Health
Volume
12
First Page
1
Last Page
16
ISSN
2359-8220
Publisher
International Journal of Communication and Health
Citation
KIM, Soojin; KIM, Jeong-Nam; and KIM, Soo-Yun.
Lay health epistemics and motivated information behaviors of new food technology. (2017). International Journal of Communication and Health. 12, 1-16.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6519
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Authors
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