Modeling Information Seeking Under Perceived Risk
Description:
Information seeking and information avoidance are the mechanisms humans natural used for coping with uncertainties and adapting to environmental stressors. Uncertainties are rooted in knowledge gaps. In social sciences, the relationship between knowledge gaps and perceived risk have received little attention. A review of the information science literature suggests that few studies have been devoted to the investigation of the role of this relationship in motivating information-seeking behavior.…
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Date:
December 2018
Creator:
Shakeri, Shadi
Partner:
UNT Libraries