TY - JOUR
T1 - Publics’ communication on controversial sociopolitical issues
T2 - extending the situational theory of problem solving
AU - Tao, Weiting
AU - Hong, Cheng
AU - Tsai, Wan Hsiu Sunny
AU - Yook, Bora
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 National Communication Association.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Capturing a unique moment within a particularly volatile political climate where various issues such as climate change, immigration, and healthcare are increasingly polarized, this survey examines the factors driving publics’ engagement in and disengagement from communication on controversial sociopolitical issues. It applies and expands the situational theory of problem solving (STOPS) by integrating the theoretical insights from the literature of information omission and avoidance. Results not only support the applicability of the STOPS model in explaining publics’ communication on controversial sociopolitical problems but also the viability of integrating two new behavioral outcomes–information omission and avoidance–into the STOPS framework.
AB - Capturing a unique moment within a particularly volatile political climate where various issues such as climate change, immigration, and healthcare are increasingly polarized, this survey examines the factors driving publics’ engagement in and disengagement from communication on controversial sociopolitical issues. It applies and expands the situational theory of problem solving (STOPS) by integrating the theoretical insights from the literature of information omission and avoidance. Results not only support the applicability of the STOPS model in explaining publics’ communication on controversial sociopolitical problems but also the viability of integrating two new behavioral outcomes–information omission and avoidance–into the STOPS framework.
KW - Controversial issues
KW - information avoidance
KW - information omission
KW - situational theory of problem solving (STOPS)
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U2 - 10.1080/00909882.2020.1849770
DO - 10.1080/00909882.2020.1849770
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85096853231
JO - Journal of Applied Communication Research
JF - Journal of Applied Communication Research
SN - 0090-9882
ER -