Information seeking and information sharing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Yang, Janet Z.; Liu, Zhuling

doi:10.1080/01463373.2021.1995772

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“…Z. Yang, Kahlor, & Li, 2014), air pollution (e.g., Kim & Lai, 2020;J. Z. Yang & Huang, 2019), and public health crises such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic (e.g., Ahn et al, 2021;Yang et al, 2022). More recently, research topics have expanded to political issues such as presidential election (Kahlor et al, 2018).…”

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Reduced Risk Information Seeking Model (RISK): A Meta-Analysis

Liu

Yang

Feeley

2022

Science Communication

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This meta-analysis synthesizes research findings from 50 studies to assess the explanatory power of the reduced risk information seeking model (RISK). The results show that informational subjective norms have the largest effect size, followed by sufficiency threshold and current knowledge. This finding suggests that risk information seeking behavior is largely determined by social motivations. In addition, the relationships between current knowledge and seeking, as well as between sufficiency threshold and seeking, are stronger when a risk is viewed as personally relevant. Moreover, the relationship between current knowledge and seeking is stronger in studies where participants report higher risk perception.

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“…Yang, Kahlor, & Li, 2014) used the same two data sets. In addition to the aforementioned studies, another seven studies (i.e., Lai & Tang, 2021;Lu et al, 2020;Niu et al, 2020;ter Huurne et al, 2009;Willoughby & Myrick, 2016;Yang et al, 2022; J. Z.…”

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Reduced Risk Information Seeking Model (RISK): A Meta-Analysis

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Yang

Feeley

2022

Science Communication

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“…To better understand the epidemic situation, and to protect their health, people have an intense need to seek information from various sources and maintain contact with their community ( 3 , 4 ). In the context of COVID-19, the high level of fear is probably one of the explanatory factors affecting people's behaviors and perceptions in information seeking ( 5 , 6 ). Concerns about being infected or transmitting the virus to others were notably visible on social media, where panic seemed to spread faster than the COVID-19 itself ( 7 ) On the one hand, information overload phenomenon has led to a lack of confidence in media, especially in social media where a huge amount of untrustworthy content is available ( 8 ).…”

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COVID-19 related information seeking: The impact of media on parental concerns

Arnaud

Drouin

Silva

2022

Front. Public Health

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The expansion of information sources and their use has accelerated since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, sometimes provoking significant concern in the daily lives of parents. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between COVID-19 related information sources and the level of concern about COVID-19 among parents of school-aged children. Using factor analysis and hierarchical ascending classification, we constructed groups according to the information sources they used. We performed ANOVA analysis and then binomial logistic regression to compare concern levels among the groups created. Overall, the 3,459 participants were mainly women (79.2%) and 59.5% reported being between 35 and 44 years old. The mean concern score in our sample was 9.5/15 (s.d. = 3.87). The whole sample fell into three groups: (1) Traditional Media (n = 1,610), who mainly used newspapers; (2) Online Social Networks and Entourage (n = 776), who mostly consulted online social media as well as friends and family; and (3) the Unplugged (n = 1,073), who consulted few or no information sources. Compared to the Unplugged, individuals in the other two groups had a higher risk of being concerned (Traditional Media, OR = 2.2; p < 0.001; Social Networks and Entourage, OR = 3.1; p < 0.001). Communication about pandemic risk should be conveyed based on reliable information and at moderate intervals to safeguard the mental health of individuals.

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“…In global crises, such as the COVID‐19 pandemic, people may feel compelled to regularly monitor online news sources, particularly during the early (and most uncertain) phase. However, excessive news consumption during global crises can exacerbate existing risks of information fatigue and overwhelm (Fitzpatrick, 2022; Stevens et al, 2021; Yang et al, 2022; Skarpa and Garoufallou, 2021) and this can negatively impact on people's mental wellbeing (Loosen et al, 2021; Fitzpatrick, 2022).…”

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“…Most studies that have investigated Covid‐related information behavior can be divided into those that focus on seeking (e.g., Ebrahim et al, 2020; Huang et al, 2021; Liu, 2020; Oosterhoff and Palmer, 2020; Schäfer et al, 2021; Stainback et al, 2020; Yang et al, 2022; Zhang and Zheng, 2021), avoiding (e.g. Siebenhaar et al, 2020; Buneviciene et al, 2021; Link, 2021; Bruin et al, 2021; Qu et al, 2021; Song et al, 2021) or a combination of both, where extensive information seeking may result in overconsumption and, in turn, subsequent avoidance (Ahn et al, 2021; Dreisiebner et al, 2021; Kim et al, 2020; Liu et al, 2021; Nolte et al, 2021; Soroya et al, 2021).…”

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“I Try to Find a Balance”: Investigating Strategies for Self‐Regulating Covid News Consumption

Corina

Makri

2022

Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Tech

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Excessive news consumption during global crises (e.g., through regularly monitoring fast‐moving developments), can result in information fatigue and anxiety. Indeed, research has highlighted dangerous risks to mental wellbeing from “over‐consumption” of Covid‐related news. While prior research has examined how people find Covid‐related information and sometimes avoid it to prevent overwhelm, no existing studies have investigated how people leverage information seeking, encountering and avoidance (often in concert) to self‐regulate their Covid news consumption. We conducted a two‐week diary study and follow‐up interviews with 16 people. An inductive Thematic Analysis identified several strategies for self‐regulating Covid news consumption: short‐term avoidance of all Covid news, selective avoidance (e.g., of news on particular Covid topics), selective consumption of Covid news from particular sources, news perceived to be within one's control, or news likely to be of personal benefit and conscious consumption of Covid news by limiting time spent consuming it, relying on passively encountering (rather than actively seeking) it and consuming it less frequently by returning to pre‐pandemic news‐browsing routines. An understanding of Covid news self‐regulation strategies can help digital platforms that provide crisis‐related news better support people in regulating their information consumption more effectively which, in turn, can help safeguard their mental wellbeing.

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Information seeking and information sharing during the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 26 publications

References 34 publications

Reduced Risk Information Seeking Model (RISK): A Meta-Analysis

Reduced Risk Information Seeking Model (RISK): A Meta-Analysis

COVID-19 related information seeking: The impact of media on parental concerns

“I Try to Find a Balance”: Investigating Strategies for Self‐Regulating Covid News Consumption

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