The Influence of Media Communication on Risk Perception and Behavior Related to Mad Cow Disease in South Korea

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to ascertain the influence of media communication on risk behavior related to mad cow disease (MCD). METHODS: Mothers of elementary school students in Seoul were recruited as the survey participants of this study. RESULTS: Media reports affected risk behavio...

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Autores principales: Park, Jee-Eun, Sohn, Aeree
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3767106/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24159557
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2013.06.005
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description OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to ascertain the influence of media communication on risk behavior related to mad cow disease (MCD). METHODS: Mothers of elementary school students in Seoul were recruited as the survey participants of this study. RESULTS: Media reports affected risk behavior related to MCD. Also, knowledge and attitude toward MCD affects risk behavior. CONCLUSION: Risk-related information provided by the media should maintain consistency and objectivity. For effective risk communication, there should be an open communication between the government and public, experts, and related industries, who should all collaborate.
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spelling pubmed-37671062013-10-24 The Influence of Media Communication on Risk Perception and Behavior Related to Mad Cow Disease in South Korea Park, Jee-Eun Sohn, Aeree Osong Public Health Res Perspect Original Article OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to ascertain the influence of media communication on risk behavior related to mad cow disease (MCD). METHODS: Mothers of elementary school students in Seoul were recruited as the survey participants of this study. RESULTS: Media reports affected risk behavior related to MCD. Also, knowledge and attitude toward MCD affects risk behavior. CONCLUSION: Risk-related information provided by the media should maintain consistency and objectivity. For effective risk communication, there should be an open communication between the government and public, experts, and related industries, who should all collaborate. 2013-07-01 2013-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3767106/ /pubmed/24159557 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phrp.2013.06.005 Text en © 2013 Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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