A Motivational Model of Information Processing Intensity

A general theory of motivation, derived from Tolman and Atkinson and his associates is applied to message processing. The model explains a person's tendency to process a message and his resultant information processing intensity in terms of his need for information on the given topic, his expectancy that processing the message will lead to information relevant to the need and his evaluation of the particular message as a source of information.

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