Cyber anti-intellectualism and information seeking about Sars-CoV-2 variants
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21790243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Danting Huang (Xiamen University), Hongfeng Qiu (0000-0002-8490-5522, Xiamen University, corresponding author), Xinying Yang (0000-0002-5132-2195, Xiamen University) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-21 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Chinese Journal of Communication (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1754-4769 • E-ISSN: 1754-4750 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17544750.2023.2169836 |
| OpenAlex | W4318831933 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 39 |
While scientific knowledge acquisition is a vital premise for citizens’ self-protection against COVID-19, the impact of anti-intellectualism on scientific information seeking has yet to be fully examined. Based on a cross-sectional survey, this study investigated the association of distrust and stigmatization forms of anti-intellectualism (i.e. AID vs. AIS) with the Planned Risk Information Seeking Model (PRISM) in predicting Chinese netizens’ information seeking about SARS-CoV-2 variants. The statistical results show that AIS is positively associated with seeking-related subjective norms and perceived control, indicating that it may boost a sense of self-empowerment. However, AIS is negatively related to affective risk response and the knowledge-sufficiency threshold, suggesting its possible link to overconfidence and trust in government. AID was found to be negatively associated with seeking-related attitudes and perceived control. Because AIS is far more popular than AID among respondents, its contradictory health implications should be brought into the vision of health communicators
Distrust · Economics · Intellectualism · Political science · Premise · Law · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |