Personal Values and Environmental Concern in China and the US: The Mediating Role of Informational Media Use
Abstract
Guided by the O-S-O-R model, this study investigated the role of informational media use in public concern over the environment. Structural equation modeling using probability sample survey data from China and the US showed that informational media use partially mediated the relationship between altruism and other individual difference variables on one hand and environmental concern on the other. Although the basic mediation model held well in both the Chinese and US analyses, important cross-national differences were also observed.
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Media use has been found to be associated with health information seeking for impersonal risk.
“Media use has been found to be associated with health information seeking for impersonal risk [27,32].”
From A Cross-Cultural Comparison of an Extended Planned Risk Information Seeking Model on Mental Health Among College Students: Cross-Sectional Study (2020) · cites this paper as [32]
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Niu, Z., Willoughby, J. F., Mei, J., Li, S., & Hu, P. (2020) · Journal of Medical Internet Research · doi:10.2196/15817 · Cited by 21 · see citing works
- Authors
- Zhao, X.
- Affiliations
- George Mason University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Zhao, Xiaoquan
- ORCID
- Zhao, Xiaoquan
- Venue
- Communication Monographs
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2012-06
- Volume
- 79
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 137-159
- ISSN
- 0363-7751 (ISSN-L)
- 1479-5787
- OpenAlex
- W2317110873
- Cited by
- 39
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 4.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Communication Monographs (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law › Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
- Keywords
- personal values, environmental concern, altruism, cross-national differences, China, United States
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