Real-time Internet news browsing: Information vs. experience-related gratifications and behaviors |
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| Authors: | Lingzi Zhang Weiyu Zhang |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Interactive Digital Media Institute, National University of Singapore, Level 2, I2R Building, 21 Heng Mui Keng Terrace, 119613, Singapore;2. Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore, Blk AS6, #03-24, 11 Computing Drive, 117416, Singapore |
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| Abstract: | This study utilized lab observations with 49 subjects to observe what users encounter and how users behave in real-time Internet news browsing. We analyzed users’ selection of news platform, exposure to different topics of news content, and usage of different presentation elements by coding the screen videos. In addition, survey data with the subjects allow us to explore the links between gratifications and Internet news browsing behaviors. Our analyses suggest that users exert their control through actively and selectively interacting with the news services at the platform, content and presentation level to fulfill their different gratifications. In specific, gratifications based on information utility and those based on usage experience show different relations with different kinds of news browsing behaviors. Both the theoretical and methodological contributions are discussed at the end of this paper. |
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| Keywords: | Information utility Internet news Real-time data Screen videos Usage experience Uses and gratifications |
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