대학생들의 코로나19 위험인식 영향 요인에 관한 연구: SNS 이용행태, 대인 커뮤니케이션, 그리고 정보과부하를 중심으로

초록

More than two years after the occurrence of COVID-19, the COVID-19 omicron variant brought people back into the pandemic. Risk perception is a key factor affecting public response behavior in risk communication. This study aims to investigate whether risk perceptions(i.e., personal risk perceptions and social risk perceptions) of COVID-19 differ by SNS use patterns (i.e., passive use and active use). In addition, this study validates how interpersonal communication and information overload affect risk perceptions. The results indicate that, first, for those who use SNS actively, their personal risk perceptions and social risk perceptions of COVID-19 are higher than those passively SNS use. Second, interpersonal communication positively influences personal risk perceptions and social risk perceptions. Third, the information overload experienced on SNSs does not affect risk perceptions. Based on these findings, the implications and limitations of this study are discussed.

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