Message matching refers to the design and distribution of persuasive messages such that
message features (eg, the themes emphasized) align with characteristics of the target …

Social media are often criticized for being a conduit for misinformation on global health
issues, but may also serve as a corrective to false information. To investigate this possibility …

Green marketing in hotel rooms relies particularly on the hotel's communication to the guest,
with a goal of gaining the guest's voluntary participation in sustainable programs …

User resistance to software updates, which has long been a concern for software vendors,
has spurred extensive research to investigate the characteristics of update messages …

Purpose The massive amount of available information and functionality of the Internet makes
selective information seeking effortless. This paper aims to understand the selective …

Uncertainty management theory outlines the processes through which individuals cope with
health-related uncertainty. Information seeking has been frequently documented as an …

This paper looks at defensive information avoidance: the phenomenon that users avoid
decision-relevant but incongruent information. Since only utilized information can contribute …

This article examines the effect of historical transgressions associated with individuals' in-
group on attribution of responsibility for the attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie …

Smoking during pregnancy is a leading cause of negative pregnancy and perinatal
outcomes. While UK guidelines recommend nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) for …

The 2016 Orlando shooting offers an intriguing lens through which to evaluate the
boundaries of media frames in the interpretation of terrorism. Compared to the Islamic …