Lee Chul-Joo, Niederdeppe Jeff, Freres Derek
Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
Department of Communication, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA.
J Commun. 2012 Dec;62(6):972-990. doi: 10.1111/j.1460-2466.2012.01683.x.
Given the importance of public information environment in cancer control, it is theoretically and practically important to explore how people's media use to acquire health information influences their beliefs about cancer prevention. In the current research, we focus on the role of the Internet in shaping fatalistic beliefs about cancer prevention (cancer fatalism). To be more specific, we examine the effect of Internet use for health information on changes in cancer fatalism using a 2-wave nationally representative survey. We then investigate whether the effect of Internet use on cancer fatalism is moderated by education and health knowledge. Health-related Internet use reduced cancer fatalism only among those with average and lower than the average levels of education and health knowledge.
鉴于公共信息环境在癌症控制中的重要性，探讨人们通过媒体获取健康信息的方式如何影响他们对癌症预防的信念，在理论和实践上都具有重要意义。在当前的研究中，我们关注互联网在塑造关于癌症预防的宿命论信念（癌症宿命论）方面的作用。更具体地说，我们使用一项两波全国代表性调查，研究利用互联网获取健康信息对癌症宿命论变化的影响。然后，我们调查互联网使用对癌症宿命论的影响是否受到教育和健康知识的调节。与健康相关的互联网使用仅在教育和健康知识水平处于平均及低于平均水平的人群中降低了癌症宿命论。
