How Internet Users Find, Evaluate, and Use Online Health Information: A Cross-Cultural Review

By Janet Morahan-Martin. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 2004

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Dealing With Uncertainty: Readers' Memory for and Use of Conflicting Information From Science Texts as Function of Presentation Format and Source Expertise (2013, background): “For example, laypeople frequently attempt to substantiate health-related decisions by means of an Internet search (Morahan-Martin, 2004; Stadtler & Bromme, 2008).”
Trust and Credibility in Web-Based Health Information: A Review and Agenda for Future Research (2017, background): “Most of these were conducted a few years ago and, while retaining significant reference value, require updating [16,21-25].”
Using the Internet for Health-Related Activities: Findings From a National Probability Sample (2009, background): “Despite the existence of reputable health portals, most users begin their search from a search engine [7] and rarely go beyond the first page of returned results [31].”
Online information, extreme communities and internet therapy: Is the internet good for our mental health? (2007, background): “Mental health information on the internet It is estimated that about 5% of web searches are health-related (Eysenbach & Kohler, 2004) despite the fact that the quality of information is mixed and users have limited competency in finding and accessing information when online (Morahan-Martin, 2004).”
Unusual purchasing behavior during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic: The stimulus-organism-response approach (2020, background): “In normal circumstances, the majority of online searches for health information do not relate to cyberchondria but to specific symptoms people have and for which they seek an explanation (Morahan-Martin, 2004).”