Information avoidance during health crises: Predictors of avoiding information about the COVID-19 pandemic among german news consumers

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Highlights：

• Online sources are more often avoided than relevant others and mass media.

• Negative attitudes towards information predict information avoidance.

• Information overload is associated with increased information avoidance.

• Information avoidance is related to social norms about avoidance behaviors.

摘要

•Online sources are more often avoided than relevant others and mass media.•Negative attitudes towards information predict information avoidance.•Information overload is associated with increased information avoidance.•Information avoidance is related to social norms about avoidance behaviors.

论文关键词：Information avoidance,COVID-19,Risk perception,Social norms,Information insufficiency,Risk information seeking and processing model

论文评审过程：Received 5 May 2021, Revised 2 August 2021, Accepted 3 August 2021, Available online 30 August 2021, Version of Record 30 August 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2021.102714