Accuracy- and Defense-Motivated Information Insufficiency: Examining Their Downstream Consequences in the Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model

Authors

Timothy K.F. Fung, Hong Kong Baptist University
Po Yan Lai, Hong Kong Baptist University
Robert J. Griffin, Marquette UniversityFollow
Sharon Dunwoody, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Document Type

Presentation

Publication Date

8-2022

Publisher

Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication

Source Publication

AEJMC Annual Convention

Abstract

This study advances the RISP Model by examining (1) how defense- and accuracy-motived information insufficiency influence individuals’ seeking, avoiding, and processing of COVID- 19 information and (2) how operationalizing channel beliefs in an expectancy-value format strengthens their role in the model. We collected 960 online responses based on a probabilistic panel. Results revealed the effects of the two information insufficiencies, and channel beliefs on the extent and direction of risk information seeking, avoidance, and processing.

Comments

Author version. "Accuracy- and Defense-Motivated Information Insufficiency: Examining Their Downstream Consequences in the Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model." A Paper presented to Communication Theory and Methodology Division, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Annual Conference, Detroit, August 3-6, 2022. Publisher link. ©2022 The Author. Used with permission.

Recommended Citation

Fung, Timothy K.F.; Lai, Po Yan; Griffin, Robert J.; and Dunwoody, Sharon, "Accuracy- and Defense-Motivated Information Insufficiency: Examining Their Downstream Consequences in the Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model" (2022). College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications. 671.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/comm_fac/671