How fear-arousing news messages affect risk perceptions and intention to talk about risk
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Building on the theoretical arguments of the impersonal-impact and differential-impact hypotheses, this study has a twofold purpose: first, to demonstrate how fear-arousing media messages about risk are associated with personal-level risk perception, as well as, and perhaps more so than, societal-level risk perception; and second, to examine how the resulting risk perceptions can mediate intention to talk about the risk with family and friends. A news message evaluation study was conducted among the general public in South Korea concerning two major risks, carcinogens and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). Two sets of structural equation models reveal three main findings: (a) Fear-arousing news messages are positively related to personal-level risk perception, as well as to societal-level risk perception; (b) fear-arousing news messages result in intention to talk about the risk directly and indirectly through risk perception; and
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Personal-level risk perception can directly lead to preventive actions, whereas societal-level risk perception may not have such a direct effect.
“The theoretical perspective explains that risk perception at the personal level can directly lead to preventive actions, whereas risk perception at the societal level may not have such a direct effect”
From What influences tourist behaviors during and after the COVID-19 pandemic? Focusing on theories of risk, coping, and resilience (2022) · cites this paper as Paek, Oh, & Hove, 2016
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- Authors
- Paek, H.-J., Oh, S.-H., & Hove, T.
- Affiliations
- Hanyang University (KR)
- Appalachian State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Paek, Hye-Jin
- Venue
- Health Communication
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2016-01-20
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 1051-1062
- ISSN
- 1041-0236 (ISSN-L)
- 1532-7027
- OpenAlex
- W2330424311
- Cited by
- 115
- References
- 63
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 10 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 12 · 2019: 6 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 15.21
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Health Communication (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Hanyang University (HY-2013-N)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Social Sciences › Communication › Communication and COVID-19 Impact
- Keywords
- risk perception, carcinogens, bovine spongiform encephalopathy
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Communication, Fear, Female, Humans, Male, Mass Media, Risk Assessment, Intention, Republic of Korea
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