Research on Influencing Factors of College Students'Online Health Information Anxiety Formation and Countermeasures Based on Information Ecology Theory
[Purpose/significance]Based on information ecology theory,this paper explores the influencing factors and mechanism of college students'online health information anxiety,which can provide targeted optimi-zation strategies for anxiety relief and intervention.[Methods/Process]Through one-to-one semi-structured in-depth interviews with college student,this paper analyzed the interview data with the three-level coding process on grounded theory,and extracted the influencing factors of online health information anxiety from the bottom up.[Result/Conclusion]Based on information ecology theory,the factors are divided into four dimensions:the dimen-sion of information person,as internal inducing factor,includes subjective perception,healthy information literacy,and personal characteristics;the dimension of information contains information quality and information alienation;the dimension of information technology,as external stimuli,is related to platform quality;and the dimension of information environment includes internal and external environment,which is intervention factors.Based on the interview,it proposes the following suggestions.From information person,college students should play subjective initiative to enhance their physical and mental health,and the colleges should improve students'health literacy and information literacy through various forms of activities.From information,online health information platforms should perfect information inspection mechanisms for its quality.From information technology,network platforms should strengthen their own resource and technological upgrading to improve platform quality.From information environment,government should establish and improve the information legal system,strengthen information super-vision,and correctly guide public opinion by media.
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