Hsiang Iris Chyi
Biographic Data
| ID | 4907785 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hsiang Iris Chyi |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hsiang Iris |
| FAMILY NAME | Chyi |
| SIGNATURE | CHYI H I |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6387-2258 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 108 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Unraveling US Newspapers’ Digital and Print Subscriptions in the Context of Price, 2016–2022
Despite industry-wide efforts in digitally transforming news organizations, research showed that most newspapers’ legacy products still outperformed the same newspaper’s digital offerings in terms of engagement, circulation, readership, pricing, advertising, and subscription revenue—all by a wide margin. But Covid-19 created an unprecedented scenario where the need for instant, local news updates, the fear of contacting anything tangible, and fin…
Still Unwilling to Pay
U.S. newspapers’ digital experiment has been going on for more than two decades, with Christensen’s disruptive technology thesis providing theoretical support for the industry’s digital transformation process. Most newspapers expanded their digital offerings, erecting paywalls since 2011. However, little is known about local newspapers’ paywall results. To extend media economics research on digital news consumption and to assess the influence and…
Marking 40 Years of Newspaper Research Journal
Charging More and Wondering Why Readership Declined? A Longitudinal Study of U.S. Newspapers’ Price Hikes, 2008–2016
Triggered by declines in newspaper circulation since the 2008 recession, "print is dying" is a prevailing assumption among journalism scholars and practitioners. However, circulation data are often reported out of context, resulting in misinterpretations of reader preference and misinformed strategy. To accurately assess demand for print newspapers, this study examines the price of 25 widely-circulated U.S. newspapers in 2008, 2012, and 2016. The…
From Analog Dollars to Digital Dimes
KEYWORDS: Newspaper economicsnewspaper readershipdigital journalismUS newspaperfuture of newspapersdigital transformation
Commercialization of Technology News
While technology news has become a major news genre, the coverage of high-tech products has raised concerns regarding the commercialization of journalism. Drawing on salience transfer and exemplification theory, this study explores how The New York Times and USA Today covered Apple products along quantity and quality dimensions. A content analysis documented a landslide in the amount of coverage on Apple products in both newspapers. Both iPhones …
Reality Check
Twenty years into US newspapers' online ventures, many are stuck between a shrinking market for their print product and an unsuccessful experiment with digital offerings. Since readership is the foundation for subscription and advertising revenue, this study, through a longitudinal analysis of readership data (2007, 2011, and 2015) of 51 US newspapers, provides an up-to-date review on these newspapers' online and print readership. Results indicat…
Will Social Media Save Newspapers
In response to the popularity of social networking sites, newspapers are distributing content through Facebook and Twitter. Yet the role of social media in these newspapers' overall business model remains unclear at best. Are they repeating the same “mistake” seen in their Web experiment by seeking eyeballs before locating a revenue stream, giving content away for free, and granting audience access to aggregators? Analyzing the top 66 US newspape…
Friend or foe? Examining the relationship between news portals and newspaper sites in Taiwan
Newspapers worldwide often serve as content providers for news portals, but portals outperform most newspaper sites in audience share. Whether this is a zero-sum game or a win-win scenario deserves scholarly attention, because the phenomenon constitutes a unique case of intra-media competition. Based on empirical data collected through a large-scale survey, this study systematically examines the delicate relationship among and between news portal…
When Newsworthy is Not Noteworthy
In the history of news production, the gap between editors' news judgment and audience interest has been widely noticeable. In scholarly research, while news consumption remains a central focus, the value of news content as a product has rarely been examined from the audience's perspective. News is almost always presumed by scholars and practitioners to be of value, which, however, is not necessarily the case in today's media environment. The rec…
News and the Overloaded Consumer
News producers continue to increase their volume of production and delivery platforms in an effort to reach and maintain news consumers. However, consumers may not necessarily find more news desirable. Previous studies have suggested that information surplus can lead to negative outcomes for consumers, but research of outcomes related to news production and consumption has been scant. This study explores novel areas of news surplus and overload, …
News on New Devices
News organizations worldwide now deliver content through multiple electronic devices such as computers, smartphones, e-readers, and tablets. While multi-platform news delivery is widely prevalent, is multi-platform news “consumption” a reality? This study examines the extent to which people own, use, and enjoy these electronic devices. Results of a national survey of US Internet users suggested that despite the excitement about newer, more portab…
A Matter of Life and Death
During 2008–2010, US newspapers covered the financial issues confronting their own industry extensively. Such coverage drew attention to the state of the newspaper but also raised questions about whether journalists over-reacted to this market downturn. This study examines how the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the New York Times framed the newspaper “crisis.” Results show that coverage focused on short-term drama over long-term trends, lack…
Media Salience and the Process of Framing
This study examines how the media can build a news event's salience by emphasizing different aspects of the event during its life span. A two-dimensional measurement scheme is proposed as a systematic way of examining media frames. This scheme yields cross-issue generalizability that liberates framing research from issue-specific boundaries. A content analysis examining the coverage of the Columbine school shootings in the New York Times document…
A Matter of Life and Death
During 2008–2010, US newspapers covered the financial issues confronting their own industry extensively. Such coverage drew attention to the state of the newspaper but also raised questions about whether journalists over-reacted to this market downturn. This study examines how the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the New York Times framed the newspaper “crisis.” Results show that coverage focused on short-term drama over long-term trends, lack…
Will Social Media Save Newspapers
In response to the popularity of social networking sites, newspapers are distributing content through Facebook and Twitter. Yet the role of social media in these newspapers' overall business model remains unclear at best. Are they repeating the same “mistake” seen in their Web experiment by seeking eyeballs before locating a revenue stream, giving content away for free, and granting audience access to aggregators? Analyzing the top 66 US newspape…
When Newsworthy is Not Noteworthy
In the history of news production, the gap between editors' news judgment and audience interest has been widely noticeable. In scholarly research, while news consumption remains a central focus, the value of news content as a product has rarely been examined from the audience's perspective. News is almost always presumed by scholars and practitioners to be of value, which, however, is not necessarily the case in today's media environment. The rec…
Reality Check
Twenty years into US newspapers' online ventures, many are stuck between a shrinking market for their print product and an unsuccessful experiment with digital offerings. Since readership is the foundation for subscription and advertising revenue, this study, through a longitudinal analysis of readership data (2007, 2011, and 2015) of 51 US newspapers, provides an up-to-date review on these newspapers' online and print readership. Results indicat…
News on New Devices
News organizations worldwide now deliver content through multiple electronic devices such as computers, smartphones, e-readers, and tablets. While multi-platform news delivery is widely prevalent, is multi-platform news “consumption” a reality? This study examines the extent to which people own, use, and enjoy these electronic devices. Results of a national survey of US Internet users suggested that despite the excitement about newer, more portab…
From Analog Dollars to Digital Dimes
KEYWORDS: Newspaper economicsnewspaper readershipdigital journalismUS newspaperfuture of newspapersdigital transformation
Charging More and Wondering Why Readership Declined? A Longitudinal Study of U.S. Newspapers’ Price Hikes, 2008–2016
Triggered by declines in newspaper circulation since the 2008 recession, "print is dying" is a prevailing assumption among journalism scholars and practitioners. However, circulation data are often reported out of context, resulting in misinterpretations of reader preference and misinformed strategy. To accurately assess demand for print newspapers, this study examines the price of 25 widely-circulated U.S. newspapers in 2008, 2012, and 2016. The…
Friend or foe? Examining the relationship between news portals and newspaper sites in Taiwan
Newspapers worldwide often serve as content providers for news portals, but portals outperform most newspaper sites in audience share. Whether this is a zero-sum game or a win-win scenario deserves scholarly attention, because the phenomenon constitutes a unique case of intra-media competition. Based on empirical data collected through a large-scale survey, this study systematically examines the delicate relationship among and between news portal…
Media Salience and the Process of Framing
This study examines how the media can build a news event's salience by emphasizing different aspects of the event during its life span. A two-dimensional measurement scheme is proposed as a systematic way of examining media frames. This scheme yields cross-issue generalizability that liberates framing research from issue-specific boundaries. A content analysis examining the coverage of the Columbine school shootings in the New York Times document…
News on New Devices
News organizations worldwide now deliver content through multiple electronic devices such as computers, smartphones, e-readers, and tablets. While multi-platform news delivery is widely prevalent, is multi-platform news “consumption” a reality? This study examines the extent to which people own, use, and enjoy these electronic devices. Results of a national survey of US Internet users suggested that despite the excitement about newer, more portab…
A Matter of Life and Death
During 2008–2010, US newspapers covered the financial issues confronting their own industry extensively. Such coverage drew attention to the state of the newspaper but also raised questions about whether journalists over-reacted to this market downturn. This study examines how the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and the New York Times framed the newspaper “crisis.” Results show that coverage focused on short-term drama over long-term trends, lack…
News and the Overloaded Consumer
News producers continue to increase their volume of production and delivery platforms in an effort to reach and maintain news consumers. However, consumers may not necessarily find more news desirable. Previous studies have suggested that information surplus can lead to negative outcomes for consumers, but research of outcomes related to news production and consumption has been scant. This study explores novel areas of news surplus and overload, …
Will Social Media Save Newspapers
In response to the popularity of social networking sites, newspapers are distributing content through Facebook and Twitter. Yet the role of social media in these newspapers' overall business model remains unclear at best. Are they repeating the same “mistake” seen in their Web experiment by seeking eyeballs before locating a revenue stream, giving content away for free, and granting audience access to aggregators? Analyzing the top 66 US newspape…
Friend or foe? Examining the relationship between news portals and newspaper sites in Taiwan
Newspapers worldwide often serve as content providers for news portals, but portals outperform most newspaper sites in audience share. Whether this is a zero-sum game or a win-win scenario deserves scholarly attention, because the phenomenon constitutes a unique case of intra-media competition. Based on empirical data collected through a large-scale survey, this study systematically examines the delicate relationship among and between news portal…
When Newsworthy is Not Noteworthy
In the history of news production, the gap between editors' news judgment and audience interest has been widely noticeable. In scholarly research, while news consumption remains a central focus, the value of news content as a product has rarely been examined from the audience's perspective. News is almost always presumed by scholars and practitioners to be of value, which, however, is not necessarily the case in today's media environment. The rec…
Reality Check
Twenty years into US newspapers' online ventures, many are stuck between a shrinking market for their print product and an unsuccessful experiment with digital offerings. Since readership is the foundation for subscription and advertising revenue, this study, through a longitudinal analysis of readership data (2007, 2011, and 2015) of 51 US newspapers, provides an up-to-date review on these newspapers' online and print readership. Results indicat…
Commercialization of Technology News
While technology news has become a major news genre, the coverage of high-tech products has raised concerns regarding the commercialization of journalism. Drawing on salience transfer and exemplification theory, this study explores how The New York Times and USA Today covered Apple products along quantity and quality dimensions. A content analysis documented a landslide in the amount of coverage on Apple products in both newspapers. Both iPhones …
Charging More and Wondering Why Readership Declined? A Longitudinal Study of U.S. Newspapers’ Price Hikes, 2008–2016
Triggered by declines in newspaper circulation since the 2008 recession, "print is dying" is a prevailing assumption among journalism scholars and practitioners. However, circulation data are often reported out of context, resulting in misinterpretations of reader preference and misinformed strategy. To accurately assess demand for print newspapers, this study examines the price of 25 widely-circulated U.S. newspapers in 2008, 2012, and 2016. The…
From Analog Dollars to Digital Dimes
KEYWORDS: Newspaper economicsnewspaper readershipdigital journalismUS newspaperfuture of newspapersdigital transformation
Still Unwilling to Pay
U.S. newspapers’ digital experiment has been going on for more than two decades, with Christensen’s disruptive technology thesis providing theoretical support for the industry’s digital transformation process. Most newspapers expanded their digital offerings, erecting paywalls since 2011. However, little is known about local newspapers’ paywall results. To extend media economics research on digital news consumption and to assess the influence and…
Marking 40 Years of Newspaper Research Journal
Unraveling US Newspapers’ Digital and Print Subscriptions in the Context of Price, 2016–2022
Despite industry-wide efforts in digitally transforming news organizations, research showed that most newspapers’ legacy products still outperformed the same newspaper’s digital offerings in terms of engagement, circulation, readership, pricing, advertising, and subscription revenue—all by a wide margin. But Covid-19 created an unprecedented scenario where the need for instant, local news updates, the fear of contacting anything tangible, and fin…
Advertising (11 works) · Business (10 works) · Media Studies and Communication (10 works) · Newspaper (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Sociology (9 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Media studies (7 works) · Digital Marketing and Social Media (5 works) · History (5 works)