Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ459191
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1993
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A Comprehensive Model of Cancer-Related Information Seeking Applied to Magazines.
Johnson, J. David; Meischke, Hendrika
Human Communication Research, v19 n3 p343-67 Mar 1993
Examines a comprehensive model of information seeking resulting from the synthesis of three theoretical research streams: the health belief model, uses and gratifications research, and a model of media exposure. Suggests that models of information seeking from mass media should focus on purely communicative factors. (RS)
Descriptors: Adults, Information Seeking, Mass Media Effects, Mass Media Role, Media Research, Models, Periodicals
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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