24/04/2022
Read our open access article about how people's understanding of events in terms of cause and effect, and how temporally distant the consequences of the event are, influence their perceived risk of the cybersecurity event.
Using online experiments, we found that when people focus on the consequences of imminent cyber threats, they are more likely to recognize the risks of cybersecurity events. Conversely, people who focus on the cause of the cybersecurity event or that the event is far in the future, they will be less likely to recognize the risks of the event.
https://doi.org/10.1093/cybsec/tyab026
20/04/2022
Read our article on the links between fatalism, stigma, risk perception and people's information seeking behaviour about
Through an online survey of 616 Chinese adults in Hong Kong, we look at the link between fatalism, stigma, risk perception, and information seeking behaviour regarding cancer. We found that fatalism is associated with perceived susceptibility, severity and fear of cancer. And perceived severity as well as fear of cancer is associated with avoiding information about cancer. Likewise, stigma about cancer is associated with lower perceived severity of cancer, which is associated with greater avoidance of cancer information. In addition, among those without a family history of cancer, higher perceived susceptibility is associated with higher information seeking about cancer.
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/07347332.2021.1957061
18/04/2022
Check out our research article on whether use has an impact on our
Using a three-wave longitudinal panel, we investigate the link between Facebook use and depression. We found that increased Facebook use leads to increased depression which further leads to greater Facebook use. This is exacerbated with envy. Specifically, more Facebook use leads to greater users’ envy, which leads to more depression. Implications of the results are discussed.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2021.1954975
