Decline in news content engagement or news medium engagement? A longitudinal analysis of news engagement since the rise of social and mobile media 2009–2012

Bibliographic Data

ID7477550
AuthorsLouisa Ha (0000-0002-0223-368X, Bowling Green State University, corresponding author), Ying Xu (0000-0001-6344-9612, Bowling Green State University), Chen Yang (0000-0002-4801-4036, Texas A&M University-Victoria), Fang Wang (0000-0001-7353-9080, Bowling Green State University, USA; Guangxi University, China), Wang Fang (0000-0002-3635-8317), Yang Liu (0000-0003-1220-7044), Liu Yang (0000-0003-3048-3392, Bowling Green State University), Mohammad Abuljadail (0000-0002-6168-6259, Bowling Green State University), Xiao Hu (0000-0002-8899-6273, Autel Intelligent Technology Corp., Ltd., USA), Xiao Yuan Hu (0009-0007-9435-9864, Autel Intelligent Technology Corp., Ltd., USA), Weiwei Jiang (0000-0002-9512-8124, Bowling Green State University), Itay Gabay (University of Louisville)
Year2016
Volume19
Issue5
Pages718-739
Publication date2016-09-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournalism (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-8849 • E-ISSN: 1741-3001
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1464884916667654
OpenAlexW2515706896
LanguageEN
Citations received46
References cited26

Based on a 4-year longitudinal analysis of social media and mobile phone users in a Midwest US market, this study differentiates news content engagement from news medium engagement, proposes four levels of news engagement, and compares how social media and mobile media differ in their effects on engagement in news content and news medium between the general population and college students. The analysis shows a steady decline in the interest in political news but not in other types of news. Total news consumption time gradually declined among the general population, and the gap between general population and students diminished over time. Social media use positively predicts total news consumption time. Predictors of news engagement differ for different levels of news engagement

Advertising · Business · Consumption (sociology · Content analysis · Media consumption · Mobile phone · News media · Political science · Population · Social media · Social science · Sociology · Computer Science · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Demography

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