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Outbreak! Socio-cognitive motivators of risk information sharing during the 2018 South Korean Mers-CoV epidemic

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ID12597969
AuthorsJisoo Ahn (0000-0002-6226-674X, Health and New Media Research Institute, Hallym University, Chuncheon, KR, South Korea), Lee Ann Kahlor (0000-0003-3372-9589, The University of Texas at Austin), Ghee-Young Noh (0000-0002-4446-4726, Hallym University, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume23
Issue7-8
Pages945-961
Publication date2020-07-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Risk Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1366-9877 • E-ISSN: 1466-4461
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13669877.2020.1800065
OpenAlexW3046111440
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited61

This study examines socio-cognitive motivators of information-sharing behaviors during the 2018 Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) outbreak in South Korea. During the outbreak, an online survey was fielded to 988 South Korean adult members of an online research panel. The survey included questions about MERS-CoV-related risk perceptions, and attitudes and beliefs about risk information behaviors during the outbreak. The concepts and relationships sought through those questions were informed by the risk information seeking and processing model and related works. Data analysis suggests that sharing risk information about MERS-CoV was heavily shaped by risk information seeking (such that more seeking led to more sharing) and somewhat shaped by perceived pressure from others to share risk information. Interestingly, perceived level of knowledge and perceived level of risk were not significantly related to sharing. Implications for theory and practice are discussed

Cognition · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Infectious disease (medical specialty · Information seeking · Information sharing · Middle East respiratory syndrome · Outbreak · Perception · Political science · Psychiatry · Risk perception · Computer Science · Medicine · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Public Relations and Crisis Communication · Risk Perception and Management · Social Psychology

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