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The Impact of Emotion and Government Trust on Individuals’ Risk Information Seeking and Avoidance during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-country Comparison

Jisoo Ahn1 Health and New Media Research Institute, Hallym University, Chuncheon, South KoreaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6226-674XView further author information
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Hye Kyung Kim2 Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Nanyang, Technological University, SingaporeORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0870-147XView further author information
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Lee Ann Kahlor3 Stan Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United StatesORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3372-9589View further author information
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Lucy Atkinson3 Stan Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, United StatesView further author information
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Ghee-Young Noh4 School of Media, Hallym University, Chuncheon, South KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 728-741 | Published online: 14 Nov 2021

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Gregoria A. Yudarwati, Ignatius A. Putranto, Ina N. Ratriyana & Philipus Parera. (2023) Towards an Interactive and Participatory Risk Communication: Lessons Learned from COVID-19 in Indonesia. Cogent Social Sciences 9:1.
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Wan Wang, Lucy Atkinson, Lee Ann Kahlor, Patrick Jamar & Hayoung Sally Lim. (2022) Avoiding Covid‐19 risk information in the United States: The role of attitudes, norms, affect, social dominance orientations, and perceived trustworthiness of scientists. Risk Analysis 43:6, pages 1145-1161.
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Kristen Foley, Belinda Lunnay & Paul R. Ward. 2023. The Emerald Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions for a Post-Pandemic World. The Emerald Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions for a Post-Pandemic World 211 232 .
Qimeng Cai. (2023) Public trust in the Chinese government and life satisfaction during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. International Review of Administrative Sciences, pages 002085232311612.
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Jinhui Li. (2023) Information avoidance in the age of COVID-19: A meta-analysis. Information Processing & Management 60:1, pages 103163.
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Zhuling Liu, Janet Zheng Yang & Thomas Hugh Feeley. (2022) Reduced Risk Information Seeking Model (RISK): A Meta-Analysis. Science Communication 44:6, pages 787-813.
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Corina Zappia & Stephann Makri. (2022) “I Try to Find a Balance”: Investigating Strategies for Self‐Regulating Covid News Consumption . Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology 59:1, pages 368-380.
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Federica Ambrosini, Roberto Truzoli, Matteo Vismara, Daniele Vitella & Roberta Biolcati. (2022) The effect of cyberchondria on anxiety, depression and quality of life during COVID-19: the mediational role of obsessive-compulsive symptoms and Internet addiction. Heliyon 8:5, pages e09437.
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