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Self-efficacy, information-processing strategies, and acquisition of health knowledge

  • Ven Hwei Lo*
  • , Ran Wei
  • , Herng Su
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Informed by the Cognitive Mediation Model of media learning, this study explores how self-efficacy and information-processing strategies jointly impact the learning of health knowledge. Using survey data (N=1409), the study examines the roles that self-efficacy, motivation of media use, news attention, and elaboration play in acquiring knowledge about swine flu during the 2009 global pandemic crisis. Results support the hypothesized relationships among self-efficacy, motivation, attention to and elaboration of swine flu news, and knowledge about the flu. Implications of the findings to advance the research in mediated cognitive learning are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)54-67
Number of pages14
JournalAsian Journal of Communication
Volume23
Issue number1
Early online date8 Nov 2012
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2013

User-Defined Keywords

  • attention
  • elaboration
  • information-processing strategies
  • knowledge
  • motivation
  • self-efficacy

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