Wired and Worried: Understanding Users’ Emotions while Web Searching for Health Information

• Published in: Procedia computer science Vol. 84; pp. 132 - 136
• Main Author: Rao, Pallavi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 2016
• Subjects: Design features; Emotions; Online health information; Web searching; Design features; Online health information; Web searching; Emotions

To-date, most of the research concerning online health information search has focused on how users search the Web and how they evaluate health information. Despite the concerns raised on the impact of online health information on users’ emotions, there is little research done in this field. In this...