Explicating the health-related digital divide
A mediation mechanism between education level and online cancer information seeking frequency among Chinese adults
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21500745 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Qing Huang (0000-0002-1930-8932, Zhejiang University, corresponding author), Sihan Lei (0000-0003-4625-3065, Zhejiang University), Sini Su (0000-0001-5922-8251, Zhejiang University), Chun‐Yi Chen (0000-0002-1344-4271, Zhejiang University), Chunyi Chen (Zhejiang University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 39 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 866-877 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Information Development (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0266-6669 • E-ISSN: 1741-6469 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/02666669211057266 |
| OpenAlex | W3214378654 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 50 |
In China, highly educated adults seek online cancer information more frequently than less educated adults. This health-related digital divide may impede the less-educated from effectively preventing cancer. To explicate the divide, we introduce informational subjective norms (ISN) and information sufficiency threshold (IST) as two socio-psychological mediators between education level and online cancer information seeking (OCIS) frequency. ISN represents one's perceived social pressure about seeking cancer information, while IST manifests individual evaluation of the amount of information needed to prevent cancer. An online survey supported a serial mediation effect of ISN and IST. ISN and IST also independently mediated the relationship between education level and OCIS frequency. Besides, the mediation effect of ISN was stronger than that of IST. The findings suggest that increasing ISN among less educated Chinese adults could facilitate their OCIS and to narrow the health-related digital divide. These implications may also inform other developing countries
China · Digital divide · Information seeking · Mediation · Political science · Social science · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Health Literacy and Information Accessibility · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2025 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |