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Using a purposive sample with an even distribution of 299 non-Hispanic Whites, 294 African Americans, 292 Asian Americans and 295 Hispanics, we test a moderated mediation model that examines the relationship between self-reported newsmedia consumption (e.g., non-conservative and conservative) and environmental behavioural intentions. Our study found evidence supporting the mainstreaming hypothesis (converging attitudes) across key variables within the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). Our results also reveal non-conservative outlets to be associated with more favourable environmental attitudes, subjective norms (...) and perceived behavioural control, while conservative outlets are associated with less favourable levels for two of these three variables. Results also indicate conditional indirect relationships between non-conservative news use on behavioural intentions through our TPB variables, which vary by race/ethnicity. (shrink)

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Purpose The high rate of internet penetration has led to the proliferation of socialmedia use, even at the workplace, including academia. This research attempts to develop a topology and thereby determine the dominant use motive for faculty’s use of SM. Design/methodology/approach In this two-part study, a two-stage research design has been adopted for topology development based on the application ofUses and Gratifications Theory. In the second part, the Technology Acceptance Model is applied to discern the dominant (...) motive for SM use in academia. Findings The work is able to develop a seven-item topology, conforming to the basic three use motives, namely, hedonic, utilitarian and social. The work shows faculty attach more value to the instrumental utility of SM, while the hedonic function is also significant. Practical implications Discerning dominant motive implies that SM use at the workplace should not be banned, rather effective regulated use will instil the faculty to enhance work outcomes. The conceptualisation of topology for SM use in academia at the workplace can aid in designing an effective organisation policy, and design of an internal SM platform. Originality/value The study is unique towards topology development for academic faculty and has many important implications for management and academia, especially towards policy design for SM use at the workplace. (shrink)

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This contribution aims to shed light on the interface between language competence and two significant developments in contemporary society: the increase in international mobility and the growing importance of mediated communication. First, I will highlight some common features of mobility and mediated communication and their interaction with second language proficiency, and summarize relevant findings from communication research andmedia studies. Next, I will focus on the relationship between language andmedia use. I will model the impact of second (...) language proficiency as a set of additional options within a variable context characterized by the interaction of linguistic competence, place of residence, and language status. I will analyze each factor in turn and illustrate my claims with data from empirical findings on student experience of residence abroad. I will then discuss implications for foreign language teaching before presenting some speculative thoughts about future developments. (shrink)

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The purpose of this study is to understand the current state of learners' use of socialmedia in entrepreneurship courses and exploreuses and gratifications on socialmedia in entrepreneurship courses from the learners' perspective. The respondents must have participated in government or private entrepreneurship courses and joined the online group of those courses. Respondents are not college students, but more entrepreneurs, and their multi-attribute makes the research results and explanatory more abundant. The methods used are in-depth (...) interviews and questionnaires, a total of 458 valid data was collected. The results of the survey revealed four gratification factors namely trust, profit, learning, and social in online entrepreneurial groups. It is also found that the structures of the four gratification factors vary in three socialmedia (Line, Facebook, and WeChat). In terms of the trust factor, there are significant differences among the three socialmedia. and the score of ''trust'' outranks other factors. Most of the entrepreneurs' business is "networking business", and the business unit is mostly "micro". In short, the two gratification factors of trust and profit can be seen as specific gratifications for online entrepreneurial groups, especially the trust factor, which deserves more attention in the further research of online entrepreneurial courses on socialmedia. (shrink)

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BackgroundHeavymedia use has been linked to sleep problems in children, which may also extend to the infancy period. While international parent-advisory agencies, such as the American Academy of Pediatrics, advise no screen time before 18 months, parents often do not follow this recommendation. Research on Italian infants’ early access tomedia is sparse, and only very few studies have investigated links with sleeping habits.MethodTo address this gap, we examined concurrent associations between parent-reported surveys of child technology use (...) and sleeping patterns. The Italian version of the 60 item Comprehensive Assessment of FamilyMedia Exposure Survey, developed as part of a larger international study,, the Brief Screening Questionnaire for Infant Sleep Problems Sadeh, 2004) were completed online by 264 Italian parents of 8- to 36-month-olds and a subset completed the Parenting Stress Index Abidin, 1995) between April 2017 and April 2018.ResultsMore devices located in the child’s room and the more time spent watching TV or using an iPad were associated with less hours of sleep at night. Furthermore, more time spent watching TV or using a smartphone, as well as the number of devices in the room was associated with going to sleep later at night. Instrumentalmedia use was associated with less sleep.ConclusionLike other countries, Italian infants have high levels of exposure tomedia, and differences inmedia patterns were associated with sleep patterns. Cultural factors influence both instrumental reasons formedia use and sleep practices. Further research should explore howmedia use may serve to regulate emotion as a function of both contextual factors and individual differences. (shrink)

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Introduction: Socialmedia has become an integrated part of daily life, with an estimated 3 billion socialmedia users worldwide. Adolescents and young adults are the most active users of socialmedia. Research on socialmedia has grown rapidly, with the potential association of socialmedia use and mental health and well-being becoming a polarized and much-studied subject. The current body of knowledge on this theme is complex and difficult-to-follow. The current paper presents a scoping (...) review of the published literature in the research field of socialmedia use and its association with mental health and well-being among adolescents. Methods and analysis: First, relevant databases were searched for eligible studies with a vast range of relevant search terms for socialmedia use and mental health and well-being over the past five years. Identified studies were screened thoroughly and included or excluded based on prior established criteria. Data from the included studies were extracted and summarized according to the previously published study protocol. Results: Among the 79 studies that met our inclusion criteria, the vast majority (94%) were quantitative, with a cross-sectional design (57%) being the most common study design. Several studies focused on different aspects of mental health, with depression (29%) being the most studied aspect. Almost half of the included studies focused on use of non-specified social network sites (43%). Of specified socialmedia, Facebook (39%) was the most studied social network site. The most used approach to measuring socialmedia use was frequency and duration (56%). Participants of both genders were included in most studies (92%) but seldom examined as an explanatory variable. 77% of the included studies had socialmedia use as the independent variable. Conclusion: The findings from the current scoping review revealed that about ¾ of the included studies focused on socialmedia and some aspect of pathology. Focus on the potential association between socialmedia use and positive outcomes seems to be rarer in the current literature. Amongst the included studies, few separated between different forms of (inter)actions on socialmedia, which are likely to be differentially associated with mental health and well-being outcomes. (shrink)

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Media use is a pervasive aspect of children’s home experiences but is often not considered in studies of the home learning environment.Media use could be detrimental to children’s language and literacy skills because it may displace other literacy-enhancing activities like shared reading and decrease the quantity and quality of caregiver-child interaction. Thus, the current study asked whethermedia use is associated with gains in children’s language and literacy skills both at a single time point and across (...) a school year and whether age moderates any association. Children (N = 1583) were from preschool through third grade classrooms and language and literacy skills were measured in the fall and spring of the school year. Parents reported how much time their child spends usingmedia on a typical school day. Regression analyses showed that using 4 hours or more ofmedia was related to lower literacy gains, but not to language gains. Multilevel models conducted as a robustness check showed that this effect did not hold when accounting for classroom. In neither set of models was there an interaction between age andmedia use. Single-time-point models did show some associations that did not manifest in more stringent models, highlighting the limitations of correlational designs that do not have measures of children’s skills over time. Given the concern and popular press coverage around children’smedia use, it is important to acknowledge nonsignificant effects in this domain. These nonsignificant associations suggest that societal fears around children’smedia use may be exaggerated. Notably, however, characteristics of children’smedia use, like educational content or adult co-use, may moderate any effects. The relation betweenmedia use and language and literacy growth did not differ across the age range investigated suggesting that, within this range, younger children are not more vulnerable to detrimental effects. (shrink)

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To explore socialmedia use in New Zealand, a sample of 1001 adults aged 18 and over were surveyed in November 2021. Participants were asked about the frequency of their use of different socialmedia platforms (text message included). This report describes how often each of the nine socialmedia sites and apps covered in the survey are used individually on a daily basis. Differences based on key demographics, i.e., age and gender, are tested for statistical significance, (...) and findings summarised. (shrink)

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Purpose The study explores how socialmedia impacts institutional trust through the lens of Kohlberg’s stages of moral development. Specifically, this study aims to understand how moral relativism and moral intuitionism can moderate the relationship between socialmedia use and perception of social authorities. Design/methodology/approach The study analyzes a large data set from the World Values Survey, covering responses from approximately 52,000 individuals across 45 countries between 2017 and 2022. Multiple regression analyses were conducted to test for interactions (...) between socialmedia use and stages of moral development on trust in social institutions. Findings The study finds that different stages of moral development significantly moderate the relationship between socialmedia use and institutional trust. Specifically, higher moral development buffers the negative effect of socialmedia use on trust in three main social institutions: law enforcement, parliament and the legal system. In contrast, individuals with higher levels of moral relativism and moral intuitionism are more susceptible to the negative influence of socialmedia on institutional trust. Research limitations/implications The study relies on self-reported data from the World Values Survey, which may introduce response biases. In addition, while the large-scale data set offers insights into correlations, it does not allow for conclusive causal inferences. Originality/value This research contributes to understanding technology’s impact on modern societies by highlighting the role of individual moral development in shaping perceptions of key social institutions. The study uniquely integrates Kohlberg’s moral development theory with the influence of socialmedia, offering a novel perspective on how personal moral systems can moderate the effect of digitalmedia use. (shrink)

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The desire to experience emotions is widely considered to be a key motivation formedia use, especially for the use ofmedia entertainment. But what exactly do people seek when they seek emotions? What kinds of gratifications do they obtain from the experience of emotions duringmedia use? An overview of research on emotional gratifications shows that emotions can be gratifying in multiple ways – ranging from simple hedonistic gratifications to more complex gratifications such as feeling competent (...) or morally good. An integrative framework is outlined that aims at a more systematic understanding of emotional gratifications and their influence on selectivemedia use. We suggest that different aspects of an emotion's gratification potential are appraised simultaneously, and integrated into a holistic appraisal outcome that can be conceptualized as ‘meta-emotion’. Meta-emotions guide the recipient's intuitive decision to accept, or reject amedia offer's invitation to experience emotions. (shrink)

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In recent research, the declining support for European integration is often attributed to the lack of a European public sphere. The comparatively low level of Europeanization in the newsmedia is said to promote euroscepticism or at least hinder further integration. We ask if, and what kinds of,media effects are theoretically plausible and empirically observable in the context of European integration. Based on Eurobarometer data, we evaluate the impact of domesticmedia use of EU citizens on (...) their attitudes towards the EU and Europe. Using structural equation modeling techniques in a cross-national analysis, we can demonstrate that domesticmedia use has a positive but small effect on knowledge, attachment to Europe and support for the European Union. (shrink)

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Scholars in the field of communication research have extensively studied television viewing in general and watching television news in particular. The book looks at the subject from an integrative theoretical perspective. Based on Schutzean sociology and action theoretical approaches tomedia use, the author argues that immediate social influences and other everyday life situations largely determine television use, and that the influence of short-term situational characteristics are often overlooked in person-centered explanatory models.In three empirical studies, the role of short-term (...) situat. (shrink)

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It is argued that since its institutionalization in the 1970s,Uses and Gratifications research has been heavily influenced by applied economic theories about Expectancy Value and Subjective Expected Utility. Underlying these theories are assumptions about the acting individual having full mastery of situations. This idea is contrasted with the way in which action theory portrays action. Here, mastery of situations is not assumed at forehand, but depends on the situation and is something that has to be achieved. Action theories (...) further emphasize the influence of others. Applying these ideas to the study ofmedia use means that more attention has to be paid to processes of gaining mastery, to situational influences, and to the influence of others. It is argued that discrete-time event history analysis may be a valuable tool to accomplish this. This may contribute to the study of several important questions in communication research, regarding audience flow and audience selectivity, and the socialuses ofmedia use. (shrink)

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Belgium, and Europe in general, has seen a strong increase in the number of refugees arriving over the past three years. At the same time we also note an increasing polarization of Belgian public opinion on this subject. Among the main actors to shape this public opinion are newsmedia, as they contribute to or combat stereotyping of (sub)groups in the population. The purpose of the current study is to analyze to which extentmedia consumption and trust have (...) an impact on public opinion on two minority groups – immigrants and refugees – in a representative sample of the Belgian adult population (n = 1500). We gathered data on Belgian newsmedia consumption and trust, and attitudes on immigrants and refugees through an online questionnaire. The results indicate that Belgian adults hold more positive attitudes on immigrants than on refugees. The reading of quality online newspapers as well as high levels of trust in television and radio are correlated with a positive attitude towards both groups, whereas the consumption of commercial television and popular newspapers go along with a negative attitude. Fear of terrorism (negative relation) and a negative evaluation ofmedia coverage of refugees (positive relation) also have a sizeable influence. In terms of regional differences within Belgium, we find that citizens in the Brussels Capital Region hold more positive attitudes towards both groups than those in Flanders and Wallonia. (shrink)

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Based on a time-lag model, this study tested for changes in young children’s home access and use of digitalmedia in the 2012–2018 period as well as in their parents’ views on suchmedia. What it found was that in only a few years the digital devices available to children have become more mobile, more accessible, and more numerous in these children’s bedrooms, especially in single-parent households. Also, on average children have strongly increased their dailymedia use—up (...) to 102 minutes. This is especially true for both younger children and children in middle to highly educated households. Our findings support the complementarymedia adoption theory more than the displacement theory. Over the years parents have tended more and more to use digitalmedia as ‘babysitters’, while they also found it increasingly difficult to stop their children from using suchmedia, which may have major implications for parenting support activities. (shrink)

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This study explored LaRose and Eastin's model ofmedia attendance, within a European context. It extended theuses and gratifications paradigm within the framework of social cognitive theory by instituting new operational measures of gratifications sought, reconstructed as outcome expectations. Although the model ofmedia attendance offers some promising steps forward in measuringmedia selectivity and usage, and to some extent is applicable to another context ofmedia use, the relative importance of outcome expectancies in (...) explainingmedia usage and selectivity is not fully supported. (shrink)

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This study investigates how patterns ofmedia use and exposure tomedia messages are related to attitudes about artificial intelligence (AI) image generators. In doing so, it builds on theoretical accounts ofmedia framing and public opinion about science and technology topics, including AI. The analyses draw on data from a survey of the US public (N = 1,035) that included an experimental manipulation of exposure to tweets framing AI image generators in terms of real art, artists’ (...) concerns, artists’ outrage, or competing interpretations. The results show that technology news use and science fiction viewing predicted support for AI art but also predicted belief that AI image generators will take jobs and steal art styles from human artists. In addition, the experimental results demonstrate that exposure to specificmedia messages can influence these responses. The findings carry implications for understanding the future adoption, use, and regulation of AI image generators. (shrink)

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Socialmedia usage entails the interacting with online-based platforms to share the content's, connect with other people, and consuming the digital information. Visual art practitioners innovate by employing the new techniques, materials, and viewpoints to generate distinctive, contemporary artistic representations. The purpose of this investigation is to analyze the relationship among the socialmedia use along with innovation in the visual art practices. It integrated the quantitative and qualitative methods. Initially, the sample data is gathered. The sample includes (...) 200 visual artists from diverse fields and artistic backgrounds. Data is gathered using two fundamental techniques like survey and interviews. Based on their survey responses, 20 participants were chosen to perform Semi-structured interviews. Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are the selected socialmedia platforms. The research findings are quantitative outcomes like correlation analysis and regression analysis, qualitative outcomes such as key themes from interviews, the socialmedia engagement influence on artistic practice aspects, and the socialmedia platforms impact on types of artistic innovations. The ρ-value is less than 0.05. Instagram contributes greatly to artistic innovation by improving collaboration, audience engagement, and visibility, while socialmedia has an overall impact on visual art practices. (shrink)

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Different nations responded to the global spread of COVID-19 differently. How do people view the governance practices and effects of various countries? What factors affect their views? Starting from the three-dimensional model of cognitive-affective-media, this study examines how pandemic perception, the national feeling, which is the emotional preference of public for different countries, andmedia use affect the Chinese public views on the performance of other countries in controlling COVID-19. After performing regression analysis on the data of 619 (...) Chinese public samples collected by an online survey, it reveals the following: pandemic perception is negatively correlated with the evaluation of controlling-pandemic performance in different countries by Chinese residents, whereas national feeling is positively correlated with the evaluation of controlling-pandemic performance. The use ofmedia has different characteristics in the evaluation of controlling-pandemic performance in different countries by Chinese residents. Television has a significant influence on the evaluation of controlling-pandemic performance in the United States, China, and Germany by Chinese residents. Collectivist cultural orientation has no significant impact on the evaluation of the anti-pandemic performance of different countries by Chinese residents, whereas virus perception only has a significant impact on the evaluation of the controlling-pandemic performance of the United States and Italy. Research has confirmed the existence of the cognitive-affective-media model in the evaluations by public on the governance of other countries, and prospects for the superimposed role ofmedia in the cognitive-affective model. (shrink)

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This article sets out to provide a conceptual contribution to theoretical and empirical work on the level ofmedia repertoires. We will first discuss theoretical approaches which allow for an explanation ofmedia repertoires and relate them to the most prominent approaches to selective audience behavior. Secondly, in order to empirically analyzemedia repertoires we propose a combination of secondary analyses of existing surveys onmedia use and qualitative studies on the internal ‘architecture’ of these repertoires (...) and their practical meaning in the user's everyday life. These proposals for secondary analyses are illustrated by two examples based on different data sets and referring to different levels of analysis. (shrink)

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As gene editing technologies such as CRISPR have become increasingly prominent, so havemedia portrayals of them. With this in mind, the present study builds on theoretical accounts of framing effects, cultivation effects, and genre-specific viewing effects to examine how different forms ofmedia use predict attitudes toward applications of gene editing. Specifically, the study tests how news use, overall television viewing, and science fiction viewing are related to such attitudes. The analyses draw on original data from two (...) surveys of the U.S. public, one conducted in 2020 and the other in 2021. The results from both surveys indicate that news use and overall television viewing predict support foruses of gene editing, whereas science fiction viewing is not significantly related to opinion. The findings suggest thatmedia frames and images may carry implications for the trajectory of public opinion about gene editing technologies and, ultimately, the social context for their development and adoption. (shrink)

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Food safety risk is becoming a vital issue for public health, and improving public awareness of FSR through socialmedia is necessary. This study aims to explore specific mechanisms of FSR perception; it first categorizes 19 risk characteristics into two variables, dread and efficacy, and then examines how socialmedia use affects perceived FSR through both variables. Additionally, the study explores the moderating effects of source credibility and science literacy on the mechanisms of FSR perception. Based on a (...) nationwide online survey of more than six salient food safety issues in China, the study found that exposure to food safety risk information on socialmedia can help improve perceived FSR based on the proposed “dread–efficacy processing model”, where dread stimulates perceived risk, while efficacy suppresses risk perception. Moreover, source credibility intensifies the effect of socialmedia use on efficacy appraisal, whereas science literacy exerts a “double-weakening” influence on dread appraisal. Theoretical and practical implications of the findings are discussed. (shrink)

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This study examines how different forms ofmedia use predict attitudes toward the development of facial recognition technology (FRT) and applications of it by law enforcement to identify criminal suspects, identify potential terrorists, and monitor public protests. The theoretical framework builds on theories of cultivation and genre-specific viewing to develop hypotheses and research questions. The analyses draw on original data from two nationally representative surveys of the U.S. public conducted in 2020, amid a series of controversies and protests about (...) policing and racial justice. The results demonstrate that overall television viewing and crimemedia viewing predicted support for multipleuses of FRT, while Fox News viewing predicted support for using FRT to monitor protests. The findings advance our understanding of public opinion toward the technology and its implications for policing, protests, and social justice. (shrink)

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Objectives: This study explored a multidimensional model of the relationships between socialmedia use, gender, peer bullying victimization experiences, and the onset of anxiety symptoms among children. We hypothesized that greater experience of bullying would be associated with greater onset of anxiety. We also expected that gender and socialmedia use would be linked with anxiety among elementary school children. To test this hypothesis, a structural equation modeling approach was used.Methods: A total of 456 elementary children aged 11–13 (...) years from nine schools were recruited for this research. We used two psychological measures: The Screen for Child Anxiety Related Emotional Disorders and the Personal Experience Checklist as well as a sociodemographic questionnaire.Results: The socialmedia usage survey found that all participants used socialmedia. Instagram and YouTube were the platforms most used by the participants. The Structural Equation Model results suggest that bullying victimization and gender predicted the onset of anxiety in elementary school children. The model explained 32.1% of the variance of the outcome with very adequate fit indicators based on most indices, χ2 = 173.56, df = 52, p< 0.001; CFI = 0.92; TLI = 0.94; RMSEA = 0.07. Instagram use was correlated positively with generalized anxiety disorder. Gender was negatively correlated with Instagram use and positively correlated with YouTube use. Girls were found to use Instagram more and boys were found to use YouTube more. It was also found that girls had higher scores onSCARED dimensions, except for school avoidance. Girls were more prone to onset of anxiety than boys, except for school avoidance, which was not related to gender. Boys were found to experience significantly more physical bullying than girls. On the other hand, girls were found to experience more panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, and social anxiety than boys.Conclusion: This study found that bullying victimization significantly influences the onset of anxiety in children. Particular attention should be paid to cyberbullying in this context. This study also found a link between gender and anxiety—girls had a greater tendency to experience the onset of various types of anxiety, including panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, separation anxiety disorder, and social anxiety. Gender was also correlated with the form of bullying victimization. The findings of this study suggest that boys were more likely to experience physical bullying than girls. Interestingly, we found that Instagram use was significantly correlated with developing separation anxiety. In particular, children demonstrated school avoidance when experiencing cyberbullying. Limitations and future directions are discussed. (shrink)

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In this exploratory study, higher education faculty perceptions regarding acceptability of socialmedia use for out-of-class student engagement are identified. Hypotheses are developed and tested using a survey to address the impact of factors such as awareness, faculty/student relationship status, gender, academic discipline, and rank on faculty attitudes toward out-of-class socialmedia use for student engagement. Findings indicate that faculty members are aware of socialmedia, but use varies. Overall, they do not view socialmedia as (...) an important part of out-of-class engagement, but it is viewed as more acceptable for engagement with former students. In addition, faculty from Marketing and Communications disciplines and Associate/Full Professors perceive socialmedia use to be more acceptable for student engagement when compared with their colleagues from other disciplines and lower ranks. Implications and conclusions are discussed for development of university socialmedia usage policies and directions for future research. (shrink)

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In this paper, we introduce the concept of policy malaise, which refers to citizens’ dissatisfaction with the way political institutions and processes handle specific problems such as the refugee issue in Germany. Based on a representative online panel survey with two waves conducted in 2016 and 2017 (N = 836), we explore the occurrence of policy malaise among the German population and its relation to issue-specificmedia use, trust in newsmedia, and issue fatigue. First, the results indicate (...) that policy malaise toward the refugee issue is widespread in Germany. Second, we found thatmedia use relates differentially to policy malaise: While high exposure to public broadcasting was negatively associated with policy malaise, we found the opposite for private broadcasting. Third, policy malaise is higher for people who experience issue fatigue and lower for people who trust the newsmedia. Finally, trust inmedia reinforces the negative and positive relations betweenmedia use and policy malaise. Implications concerning the associations between policy malaise and political alienation in its broader sense are discussed. (shrink)

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This article will first of all present a brief literature review onmedia use and identity construction and integration. This overview will be given in light of two phenomena: The concepts of ‘social quality’ and ‘cultural participation’ and the role played by themedia in this on the one hand, and the multicultural composition of Dutch society on the other. The present contribution looks at the four largest ethnic minority groups in the Netherlands: Turkish, Moroccan, Surinamese and Antillean (...) youngsters, and adults. The key issue is ‘integration’ with its six dimensions, among which the extent to which ethnic minorities endorse norms and values of Dutch society, and the minorities’ motivation with respect to integration. We also focus on related features, such as religious outlook and linguistic fluency. The measure of participation or integration in Dutch society is related to the use of four kinds ofmedia: Radio, television, printmedia, and the Internet. The present contribution addresses the following question: To what extent are, on the one hand, bonding or, on the other, bridging predictors ofmedia use among ethnic minorities? We will address the relative importance of these fourmedia in terms ofmedia time and their twofold ‘bridging’ and ‘bonding’ capacities; for each of thesemedia we check the extent to which ethnic minorities favormedia from their native country and use applications which focus on their country of origin or their own group. (shrink)

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This article, which looks at exposure to and the use of host and homemedia by Turkish diaspora in Belgium, illustrates thatmedia use is determined by cultural as well as socio-demographic features. By means of a quantitative survey among four hundred respondents of Turkish origin between the ages of eighteen and sixty, the use of host and homemedia in general and news contents in particular were analyzed in relation to culture-specific features such as ethnic cultural (...) position, religion, and command of language, alongside with socio-demographic features such as age, gender, education, years of residence and socio-economic status. Our investigation showed religion, ethnic-cultural position and command of the Turkish language to be the strongest determinants for home language newsmedia use, while host language newsmedia use was strongly determined by command of the Dutch or French language, length of residence and educational level. These findings, especially those pertaining to news use, bring nuance to a certain number of earlier findings with Turkish youngsters in the Netherlands and Flanders, whosemedia use was predominantly related to socio-demographics. (shrink)

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A number of public controversies have emerged around forensic DNA testing backlogs at crime laboratories in the United States. This study provides a first look at public responses to such backlogs, using a controversy in the state of Wisconsin as a case study. First, it builds on research about public understandings of DNA and the “CSI effect” to develop a theoretical framework. Next, it explores news coverage of the Wisconsin backlog. It thenuses survey data to show that public (...) understandings of DNA,media use, and demographic factors were related to how closely respondents followed the story about the backlog and/or how much they supported increased spending on DNA testing at the crime lab. Self-reported understanding of DNA predicted following the backlog, whereas perceived reliability of DNA evidence predicted both following the backlog and support. Total television viewing was not related to either following the backlog or support, but watching crime television predicted following the backlog. Reading a newspaper and watching local TV news each predicted following the backlog; reading a newspaper also predicted support. These results suggest a number of theoretical insights into how members of the public may reason about and draw onmedia messages regarding DNA and DNA testing in responding to forensic DNA testing backlogs. (shrink)

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PurposeCOVID-19 pandemic is a significant threat toward the public health. However, the discussion of the mechanism ofmedia literacy’s effect in fighting against pandemic is limited. Thus, this study aims to explore the mechanism with a sociocognitive perspective.MethodsA survey was administrated to 420 college students in China. PROCESS macro of SPSS was applied to analyze the data and test the moderated mediation effect.ResultsThe moderated mediation model ofmedia literacy, proxy efficacy, self-efficacy, and officialmedia use was tested (...) and supported. Officialmedia use was a negative moderator on the association betweenmedia literacy and proxy efficacy.ConclusionThe study explored themedia literacy’s role as a determinant of proxy efficacy and self-efficacy, which contributed to the sociocognitive theory. (shrink)

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In this article, I engage with aesthetic experience as a central hermeneutic endeavour for theorising performing arts audiences in the Arab region. I argue that a critical engagement with Arab performing arts audiences’ aesthetic experiences necessitates both an archaeological manoeuver and a re-articulation of two keywords: ‘experience’ and ‘everyday’. The article advances, using evidence from research, that allowing the audiences of performing arts in the Arab region to speak may be a step towards democratising the triangular meaning making process among (...) the performer, the audience, and the art institution, and a means towards dislocating, if not liberating, the categories Arab culture, art, performance, and experience, from their teleological articulations. (shrink)

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An expandingmedia universe confronts readers, viewers, and users with an abundance ofmedia content that, for the most part, will not be used by the audience, and will, in many cases, not even be considered for use. Selecting what to use and not to use is functional in avoiding information overload or ‘technostress’, but, at the same time, necessary to make use of themedia environment. The selection ofmedia initiates gratifications, serves particular functions, enables (...) certain effects, all depending on the perspective.Media use and selectivity constitute a field of remarkable tradition in communication research. The question how individuals deal withmedia and why they use certainmedia content has been in the focus of communication research from the very beginning of empiricalmedia research; since Lazarsfeld and his colleagues conducted their radio research projects, which included Herzog's widely cited study on daytime serial listeners. Thinking aboutmedia use reached a first prime with the emergence ofUses and Gratifications approaches; an abundance of studies about ‘what people do with themedia’ have been published during the golden years ofUses and Gratifications in the 1970s and 1980s. Bryant and Miron identifiedUses and Gratifications – along with Agenda Setting – as the approach most frequently used in three communication journals from 1956 through 2000. (shrink)

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Media use is always embedded in real everyday contexts, which would suggest that a profound change in everyday structure also brings about a change in themedia repertoire. To explore the relationship between everyday structure andmedia use we present selected empirical findings from a qualitative panel study with couples on how they change theirmedia repertoire in the wake of separation, new partnership, children leaving the parental home, and relocation. For analyzing the effects of these (...) periods of upheaval we differentiate the mediatized ways of life into various dimensions: temporal, spatial, content-related, social, meaning-related, material, emotional, and physical. The findings tell us which changes in everyday structure bring about dynamics in themedia repertoire, for example, more or less control over time (temporal), distance from family and friends (spatial), or emotional crises (emotional), and which factors are relevant for people when they renegotiate theirmedia use within the new life situation. (shrink)

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With an eye on the future of global ethics, I argue that social-media technologies are not morally neutral tools but are, for all intents and purposes, a kind of agent. They nudge us to do things that are bad for us. Moreover, I argue that we have a duty to quit using social-media platforms, not just on account of possible duties to preserve our own well-being but because users are akin to test subjects on whom developers are testing (...) new nudges, and we ought to deprive them of their test subjects. (shrink)

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The present study investigated the associations between socialmedia use integration and Technological Intimate Partner Violence (TIPV) while also exploring the mediating role of the three dimensions of jealousy and the moderating role of moral absolutism. Our sample consisted of 404 adults aged 18 to 59. The results indicated a significant positive effect of socialmedia use integration on cognitive jealousy and TIPV. Socialmedia use integration was correlated with behavioral jealousy and TIPV, while TIPV was positively (...) associated with all three dimensions of jealousy. The moderated mediation analysis suggested that behavioral jealousy fully mediated the effect of socialmedia use integration toward TIPV at all levels of moral absolutism, while cognitive jealousy had a partial mediating effect only at medium and high levels of moral absolutism. We discuss our findings by pointing out that (a) various dimensions of jealousy might be influenced differently by socialmedia use integration, and (b) individuals with high levels of moral absolutism might be more prone to cognitive jealousy after being exposed to prolonged socialmedia use. We acknowledge that our results may have limited generalizability as our sample was primarily female. Research involving larger portions of male participants would be important to pursue. (shrink)

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During the Soviet period, themedia served as one of the main propagandist tools of the authoritarian regime, using a standardized and monotypemedia system across the Soviet Republics. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, 15 countries became independent. The transition from Soviet communism to capitalism has led to the reconstruction of economic, socio-cultural, and political systems. One of the most affected institutions in post-Soviet countries was themedia.Media have played a supportive role during (...) rough times, when there was, on the one hand, the struggle for liberation and sovereignty, and, on the other hand, the need for nation building. It has been almost 30 years since the Soviet Republics achieved independence, yet themedia have not been freed from political control and continue to serve as ideological apparatuses of authoritarian regimes in post-Soviet countries. Freedom of speech and independentmedia are still under threat. The current study focuses onmedia use in Azerbaijan, one of the under-researched post-Soviet countries. The interviews for this study were conducted with 40 participants living in Nakhichevan and Baku. In-depth, semi-structured interview techniques were used as research method. Findings are discussed under six main themes in the conclusion. (shrink)

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Although most Turks in Germany belong to the second or third generation of immigrants, they have retained the social, cultural, and religious identity of their country of origin. This article deals with this double identity of young Turks in Germany and their language-bound exposure to television, radio, press, and the Internet. Telephone survey data are presented regarding the integration andmedia use of Turks in Germany. The survey was carried out in 2006 on behalf of the public broadcasting station (...) of North Rhine-Westphalia. The analyses identify and describe different types of integration of Turks and investigate the relationship between their level of integration and their demographic profile as well as their patterns ofmedia use. Causal analysis was focused on the question how different strategies of acculturation influence the use of massmedia. (shrink)

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Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Volume 45, Issue 1-2, Page 55-86, June 2022.

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In this paper, we argue that boredom can be an important experience that contributes to personal autonomous agency by providing authentic motivation, and that strategies of socialmedia providers to bind users’ attention to their platforms undermine this authenticity. As discussed in social epistemology andmedia ethics for a while now, such strategies can lead to so-called epistemic or filter bubbles. Our analysis of the relation between boredom and socialmedia use focuses on a similarly impairing effect (...) of socialmedia on users’ autonomy, which we call authenticity bubbles. (shrink)

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Media use by ethnic minorities is increasingly becoming a politicized matter, appearing regularly in discussions on multiculturalism and integration. In a globalizingmedia-landscape, the rise of ethnic and global ethnicmedia paradoxically enables ethnic minorities to maintain links with forms of ethnic identity. Especially interesting in this respect ismedia use by adolescents, often on the crossroads between different cultures. This article departs from the notion concerned with the extent to whichmedia use of adolescents (...) from ethnic minorities actually differs from that of their Belgian counterparts, and instead focuses on the role ethnicity plays as a determinant ofmedia use when weighed up against other socio-economic or education-related variables. Based on a large-scale Belgian survey of 12- to 18-year-olds, this article shows, amongst other results, that the importance of ethnic-cultural background as an indicator formedia use by adolescents from ethnic minorities ought to be placed into perspective. (shrink)

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