The influence of individual differences on consumer's selection of online sources for health information

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• 作者：Yan Zhang^a ; ^{yanz@ischool.utexas.edu} ; Yalin Sun^a ; Yeolib Kim^b
• 关键词：Individual differences ; Information sources ; Health information seeking ; Preference for information ; Health literacy ; Personality
• 刊名：Computers in Human Behavior
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：67
• 期：Complete
• 页码：303-312
• 全文大小：360 K
• 卷排序：67

文摘

Source experience predicts the selection of established online sources. Health literacy predicts the selection of search engines for health information. Race and preference for information predict the selection of crowdsourcing sites. Individuals with better health status were more likely to use SNSs for factual tasks. Personality has some impact on internet source selection.