The role of powerful audiences in health information avoidance

Nikolette P. Lipsey and James A. Shepperd

Social Science & Medicine, 2019, vol. 220, issue C, 430-439

Abstract: Although people may want to learn information, concerns about how audiences (persons or entities privy to one's behavior or information) might respond may motivate people to avoid information that audiences could use to threaten resources or harm them.

Keywords: Information avoidance; Decision-making; Audience effects; Deliberate ignorance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.11.037

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