Consumer purchasing behavior involves some degree and type of risk. Consumers take strategies to reduce the risk, and to what extent they take some actions may depend on the degree of perceived risk. The present study focuses on the effect of various perceived risk on the preference for different information sources. The results indicate that (1) the positive effect of substantial risk on personal source and media source of information; and (2) the positive effect of mental risk on personal source and media source of information; and (3) the negative effect of mental risk on brand and celebrity of information.