Researchers from Ewha Woman’s University Provide Details of New Studies and Findings in the Area of Risk Management (Risk Information Seeking and Processing About Particulate Air Pollution In South Korea: the Roles of Cultural Worldview)

2019 JUN 04 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- Fresh data on Risk Management are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating from Seoul, South Korea, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “This study integrates cultural theory of risk into the risk information seeking and processing model in the context of particulate air pollution in South Korea. Specifically, it examines how cultural worldviews (hierarchy, individualism, egalitarianism, and fatalism) influence the way people interpret risk about an environmental risk, which may in turn promote or deter their information seeking and processing about the risk.”

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from Ewha Woman’s University, “An online survey (N = 645) showed that egalitarianism was positively associated with perceptions of societal and personal risks, affective responses toward the risk, and informational subjective norms. Perceived societal risk, in particular, mediated the effect of egalitarianism on information insufficiency. Moreover, cultural worldview was a significant moderator of the relationships between information insufficiency and risk information seeking and processing. The positive relationship between information insufficiency and information seeking grew stronger with increasing egalitarianism. In contrast, the negative relationship between information insufficiency and heuristic processing was strengthened with increasing hierarchy.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “This study extends prior theories and models in risk communication by addressing the roles of cultural worldview, an important individual difference factor in interpreting environmental risks.”

For more information on this research see: Risk Information Seeking and Processing About Particulate Air Pollution In South Korea: the Roles of Cultural Worldview. Risk Analysis, 2019;39(5):1071-1087. Risk Analysis can be contacted at: Wiley, 111 River St, Hoboken 07030-5774, NJ, USA. (Wiley-Blackwell - http://www.wiley.com/; Risk Analysis - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1539-6924)

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Y. Kim, Ewha Woman’s University, Sch Commun & Media, Seoul 03760, South Korea.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.13231. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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