A United States-China Comparison of Risk Information–Seeking Intentions
Abstract
We applied structural equation modeling to examine how the Risk Information Seeking and Processing (RISP) model predicts information-seeking intentions in the United States and China. The context for this comparison was climate change. Results indicate that in the Chinese sample, seeking intentions were less influenced by environmental attitudes, risk perceptions, negative affect, information insufficiency, and behavioral beliefs. Across the two samples, subjective norms had similar impacts on seeking intentions. Overall, the model has cross-cultural validity and applicability in accounting for risk communication behaviors in these two nations. Based on prior support for this model outside of the context of climate change, the model is well poised to serve as a framework for a variety of cross-cultural risk information–seeking contexts.
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- Authors
- Yang, Z. J., Kahlor, L., & Li, H.
- Affiliations
- State University of New York at Buffalo, NY, USA
- University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA
- Beijing Normal University (CN)
- ORCID
- Li, Haichun
- Venue
- Communication Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2013-03-12
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 935-960
- ISSN
- 0093-6502 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3810
- OpenAlex
- W2013057721
- Cited by
- 90
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 14 · 2020: 10 · 2019: 7 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 4 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 4
- FWCI
- 7.68
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Communication Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Risk Perception and Management
- Social Sciences › Communication › Public Relations and Crisis Communication
- Keywords
- risk information seeking, risk information seeking and processing model, information seeking intention, cross-cultural comparison, China–United States comparison, environmental attitudes, risk perception, subjective norms, behavioral beliefs, negative affect, information insufficiency
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