On the Motivations to Seek Information From Artificial Intelligence Agents Versus Humans: A Risk Information Seeking and Processing Perspective

W Liao, W Weisman, A Thakur - Science Communication, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
This study investigates how anticipating an artificial intelligence agent versus human
information source moderates the risk information seeking and processing model. It focuses …

What drives AI-based risk information-seeking intent? Insufficiency of risk information versus (Un) certainty of AI chatbots

SJ Hong - Computers in Human Behavior, 2025 - Elsevier
This study explored the factors influencing the US public's intent to seek risk information via
AI-powered channels, such as ChatGPT. It focused on cognitive and affective pathways that …

Expanding on Behavioral Outcomes in the Risk Information Seeking and Processing Model: Socio-Cognitive Factors Predicting Information Seeking, Sharing, and …

AD Leong, KA McComas… - Science …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
We employed the risk information seeking and processing (RISP) model to identify socio-
cognitive factors motivating hunters' information seeking, sharing, and discussion of the risks …

Paging Dr. JARVIS! Will people accept advice from artificial intelligence for consequential risk management decisions?

C Larkin, C Drummond Otten, J Árvai - Journal of Risk Research, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Artificial intelligence (AI), a branch of computer science based upon algorithms that can
analyze data and make decisions autonomously, is becoming increasingly prevalent in the …

Motivation as a lens for understanding information-seeking behaviors

X Shen, C Helion, DV Smith, VP Murty - Journal of Cognitive …, 2024 - direct.mit.edu
Most prior research characterizes information-seeking behaviors as serving utilitarian
purposes, such as whether the obtained information can help solve practical problems …

How information processing style shapes people's algorithm adoption

K Zhang - Social Behavior and Personality: an international …, 2021 - ingentaconnect.com
Across four studies I tested why people are averse to relying on algorithmic judgments in
person judgment tasks (eg, student admissions), and examined how such aversions can be …

Task-based information seeking in different study settings

Y Wang - Proceedings of the 2018 Conference on Human …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Existing studies have presented the relationships between task characteristics and
individuals» information seeking and searching behaviors. Some task characteristics are …

Why do people seek information? The role of personality traits and situation perception.

HK Jach, CG DeYoung, LD Smillie - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
The opportunity to learn new knowledge is ever present. How do people decide if
information has sufficient value to counteract the cost of obtaining it? We proposed a …

A reinforcement learning framework for information-seeking and information-avoidance

I Cogliati Dezza, G Molinaro… - Proceedings of the Annual …, 2023 - escholarship.org
Every day, people are exposed to vast amounts of information that can impact how they feel,
think about, and act upon the world. Here, we extend the computational reinforcement …

Mind or machine? Conversational internet search moderates search-induced cognitive overconfidence.

KA Hamilton, AF Ward, MZ Yao - Journal of Media Psychology …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Searching for and accessing online information through search engines causes digital
media users to become overconfident in their own knowledge—in a sense, to attribute …