TY - JOUR
T1 - Perceived Message Effectiveness Predicts Information-Seeking Behavior
AU - Dillard, James Price
AU - Ha, Yerheen
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - This study examined whether perceived message effectiveness (PE) predicted information-seeking behavior in the topical domain of colon cancer. Participants (N = 277) viewed one of three video messages (news, testimonial, and animation) that advocated screening for colon cancer. Information-seeking behavior was operationalized as reading time for a subsequent message about colon cancer. The proposed mediation model successfully reproduced the pattern of data, thereby providing evidence that PE predicts behavior via intention.
AB - This study examined whether perceived message effectiveness (PE) predicted information-seeking behavior in the topical domain of colon cancer. Participants (N = 277) viewed one of three video messages (news, testimonial, and animation) that advocated screening for colon cancer. Information-seeking behavior was operationalized as reading time for a subsequent message about colon cancer. The proposed mediation model successfully reproduced the pattern of data, thereby providing evidence that PE predicts behavior via intention.
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U2 - 10.1080/08824096.2016.1224173
DO - 10.1080/08824096.2016.1224173
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84991467114
VL - 33
SP - 356
EP - 362
JO - Communication Research Reports
JF - Communication Research Reports
SN - 0882-4096
IS - 4
ER -