Information narrowing and perception of its users under the micro-dissemination environment / 中华医学图书情报杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the association between users behaviors and information narrowing and the effect of in-formation narrowing on the access of information under the micro-dissemination environment.Methods The presence of in-formation narrowing and the reasons why it occurs were analyzed by literature analysis, the perception of its users was analyzed according to the questionnaire survey,and the data recorded during the questionnaire survey were ana-lyzed by ordinal logistic regression analysis using the SPSS 21.0.Results Five variables displayed in ordinal logistic regression analysis showed their significant effect on information narrowing.Conclusion Information narrowing can affect our understanding of information and lead to the spread of false information and rumors. Information users should thus expand their knowledge structure and information access channels,strengthen Internet management and take a lead in the healthy development of network information dissemination.