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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
卷 65, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2021.102580
关键词
Risk perception; Information seeking behavior; COVID-19; Pandemic; Emergency
Through surveys and in-depth interviews, this study found that perception of COVID-19 risk is influenced by demographic and socio-economic factors. Additionally, people seek different information when they perceive a higher level of risk. The study concluded that raising awareness about emergencies like COVID-19 will be challenging if people do not perceive the risk and seek proper information.
With the fluctuating condition of the pandemic, people's perception of COVID-19 is also inconstant. If people perceive a low risk of any health emergency or any other crisis, they won't look for proper information to change their attitude, which might increase their risk. Through the use of two different theories and a mixed-method approach, this study attempted to understand the current perception about COVID-19 and the relationship between risk perception and information-seeking behavior. Survey and in-depth key informant interviews were used as tools for data collection. The results indicated that COVID-19 related risk perception changes following people's demographic and socio-economic characteristics. Also, the study found out a relationship of variation in information-seeking behavior on the basis of factors like demographic characteristics, past experience of any emergency, salience, and belief. Results specified that people seek information differently when they perceive a risk to be of higher order. The study summarized that the information sought about any risk could also amplify or reduce the level of perceived risk. In the end, the study concluded that if people do not perceive the risk of any emergency and don't seek proper information, raising awareness about a pandemic like COVID-19 and managing the emergency will be challenging.
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