When adults without university education search the Internet for health information: The roles of Internet-specific epistemic beliefs and a source evaluation intervention

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 297-309

  Kammerer, Yvonne ^a   Amann, Dorena G ^a   Gerjets, Peter ^a  

^a KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health information seeking; Internet specific epistemic beliefs; Navigation behavior; Source evaluation intervention; Web search

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION USE; INTERNET; NAVIGATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); WEBSITES;

HEALTH INFORMATIONS; KNOWLEDGE RESOURCE; NAVIGATION BEHAVIOR; ONLINE HEALTH INFORMATION; RESEARCH OBJECTIVES; SOURCE EVALUATIONS; UNIVERSITY EDUCATION; WEB SEARCHES;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84923366801     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.045     Document Type: Article

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