Dynamic communication and perception of cyber risk: Evidence from big data in media

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Highlights：

• Online financial fraud and phone taps are the most concerned cyber risks in China.

• Chinese public attention to negative cyber risk sources is lower in recent years.

• Government action affects the distribution of public attention to cyber risk sources.

• Societal assessment on most cyber risk sources has an inverted-U shape over years.

• Societal cyber risk perception relates more to news sentiment than to news amount.

摘要

•Online financial fraud and phone taps are the most concerned cyber risks in China.•Chinese public attention to negative cyber risk sources is lower in recent years.•Government action affects the distribution of public attention to cyber risk sources.•Societal assessment on most cyber risk sources has an inverted-U shape over years.•Societal cyber risk perception relates more to news sentiment than to news amount.

论文关键词：Cyber risk,Risk communication,Text mining,Risk perception

论文评审过程：Received 19 November 2020, Revised 28 April 2021, Accepted 30 April 2021, Available online 4 May 2021, Version of Record 7 May 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106851