scholarly journals Has Blog Reader–Focused Research Evolved?

SAGE Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 215824402096878
Author(s):  
Adeola Abdulateef Elega ◽  
Bahire Efe Özad ◽  
Felix Oloyede ◽  
Olabola Taye Omisore ◽  
Omar Abu Arqoub
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Political Blogs ◽  
Uses And Gratification ◽  
Uses And Gratification Theory ◽  
Online Library

For many years, researchers interested in the blogosphere have collectively acknowledged the lack of scholarly attention into the role of blog readers in the blogging activity. While many pioneering studies as well as new studies have highlighted the rising potential of this field, there has been no systematic examination of the growth or lack thereof of this field. As a result, this article reviews blog reader–focused research between 2008 and 2018 through a content analysis of blog reader–focused research articles obtained from seven databases: EBSCO’s Academic Search Complete, JSTOR, EBSCO’s Communication & Mass Media Complete, SAGE Journals, Elega’s Chronological Arrangement of Blog Readership Research, Wiley Online Library, and Taylor and Francis. We also identified the methods, theories, geospatial concentration, and journals that published these articles. Findings show that although at least one article was published each year with a peak of six in 2013 and 2015, blog reader–focused research has not really evolved given that concentration has tremendously decreased in the last 3 years (2016–2018). Regarding genres, we learnt that the majority of articles focused on political blogs, and most of the studies adopted quantitative research methods and survey as a data collection method. The results also show that blog reader–focused studies published between 2008 and 2018 used Uses and Gratification Theory more than other theories, and the majority of these articles focused on blogs in the United States. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, New Media &Society, and Computers in Human Behavior published more blog reader–focused research than other journals.

scholarly journals HUBUNGAN INTENSITAS AKSES MEDIA BARU DAN KUALITAS INTERAKSI LINGKUNGAN SEKITAR PADA MAHASISWA UNTAG SURABAYA

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Fitri Norhabiba ◽  
Sukma Ari Ragil Putri
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Internet User ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Media Access ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Environmental Interaction ◽  
Uses And Gratification

The Internet has changed the way people communicate including how internet have used as the tools for producing and distributing the message. In Indonesia, the number of internet user has been increasing, particularly internet user who categorized as the youth. Some research states that the high internet user in this group has the correlation with the low quality of family interaction, the decrease of the social relationship as well as the feeling of lonely. This article tries to support those arguments. By applying the theory of Uses and Gratification and Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) this article tries to understand the correlation between the intensity of new media access and the quality of interaction of the internet user to the surrounding environmental interaction. The population is a student of Untag Surabaya who representing urban youth. This research involved 388 samples that are taken by using systematic random sampling. The results of the study show that there is a relationship between the intensity of accessing new media to the quality of the surrounding environmental interaction. The test results show that there is positive, strong, and significant correlation r (388) = 0,759; and 0.759, p <0.05. The higher the intensity of new media access, the higher the interaction of the environment around the students. This study is expected to provide new insights and findings related to the quality of students' social interactions relating to the use of new media.

News on the Right

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Rhetorical Analysis ◽  
The United States ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Quantitative Research Methods ◽  
Fox News ◽  
National Review ◽  
Interdisciplinary Field ◽  
The Right

This volume seeks to initiate a new interdisciplinary field of scholarly research focused on the study of right-wing media and conservative news. To date, the study of conservative or right-wing media has proceeded unevenly, cross-cutting several traditional disciplines and subfields, with little continuity or citational overlap. This book posits a new multifaceted object of analysis—conservative news cultures—designed to promote concerted interdisciplinary investigation into the consistent practices or patterns of meaning making that emerge between and among the sites of production, circulation, and consumption of conservative news. With contributors from the fields of journalism studies, media and communication studies, cultural studies, history, political science, and sociology, the book models the capacious field it seeks to promote. Its contributors draw upon a variety of qualitative and quantitative research methods—from archival analysis to regression analysis of survey data to rhetorical analysis—to elucidate case studies focused on conservative news cultures in the United States and the United Kingdom. From the National Review to Fox News, from the National Rifle Association to Brexit, from media policy to liberal media bias, this book is designed as an introduction to right-wing media and an opening salvo in the interdisciplinary field of conservative news studies.

scholarly journals Card Stories on YouTube: A New Frame for Online Self-Disclosure

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabina Misoch
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Strong Correlation ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Research Results ◽  
The Public ◽  
Computer Mediated

This paper deals with the phenomenon of so-called (note) card stories on YouTube. Card stories can be described as self-disclosing videos or confessions, using a new frame for telling one’s own story audio-visually to the public by combining ‘old’ (hand-written messages) and ‘new’ media (video, computer mediated communication). In 2012/13, a qualitative and exploratory study with a sample of 25 card story videos on YouTube was conducted. The content and visual analysis revealed (1) that these videos are bound to a very specific frame of presentation, (2) that they deal with specific topics, and (3) that the presenter does not remain (visually) anonymous. These findings question previous research results that stressed a strong correlation between online self-disclosure and (visual) anonymity; further, the findings show that this special frame of textual confessions via video supports deep self-disclosures.

scholarly journals New Media Technology in Developing Effective Organizational Internal Communication

Humaniora ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Nur Kholisoh ◽  
Ria Sulastri
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Internal Communication ◽  
Communication Pattern ◽  
Media Technology ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Media Communication ◽  
Computer Mediated

The article was intended to investigate various benefits of Whatsapp Messenger application for an effective intenal communication in PT Euro Management Indonesia. In addition, this research also aimed to map the organizational internal communication pattern through the use of Whatsapp Messenger application. The research used theories of organizaional communication, new media communication pattern, and computer mediated communication (CMC). Moreover, paradigm used in the research was constructivist with qualitative approach and the research method was case study. The research result finds that the use of new media Whatsapp Messenger as a tool of communication can build effective internal communication in PT Euro Management Indonesia. Moreover, it also shows that the internal organizational communication pattern in PT Euro Management Indonesia used in Whatsapp Messenger application is conversation pattern.

If Pandora had a Blog

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-32
Author(s):  
Otilia Pacea
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
High Impact ◽  
Genre Analysis ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Political Blogs ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Mediated Discourse ◽  
Digital Landscape

In the context of internet genre migration and proliferation, conventional taxonomies are no longer valid. To classify blogs between thematic and personal blogs is to blissfully ignore the legions of successful content prosumers, from political blogs to travel blogs, from food blogs to MAD (mom and dad) blogs, from fashion blogs to milblogs. With the recent explosion of social media, the digital landscape shifted and today there are more voices online than ever before. For blogs, however, the original purpose for communication has always been twofold: to inform and to emote. Computer-mediated communication may be overpopulated with a myriad of mixed forms and blogs might be dead or simply, difficult to reach with so much overlapping. Yet high-impact blogs still remain and are widely read. This paper explores the language of high-impact blogs, testing a new methodology for genre analysis to solve genre hybridity in the case of computer-mediated discourse.

Cognitive needs and use of social media: a comparative study of gratifications sought and gratification obtained

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-90
Author(s):  
Ashfaq Hussain ◽  
Ghulam Shabir ◽  
Taimoor-Ul-Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Uses And Gratification ◽  
Uses And Gratification Theory ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Information Comprehension

Purpose The purpose of this study is to compare the gratification sought and gratification obtained for cognitive needs from social media among information professionals in the limelight of uses and gratification theory. Cognitive needs are related to knowledge, acquiring information, comprehension etc., and gratification sought and gratification obtained are two distinct components of the uses and gratification theory. Design/methodology/approach For this quantitative research study, a self-administered survey questionnaire was used to collect data from the participants of the study. Sample of this study was 700 information professionals who are necessarily users of social media. Findings Finding of this study depicted that gratification obtained and gratification sought from social media for cognitive needs are different from each other, and information professionals need to revisit their social media use for cognitive needs. Research limitations/implications The present study is limited to gratification sought and gratification obtained for cognitive needs among information professionals. Practical implications This study has determined that information professionals need to revisit their social media use for cognitive needs, as the obtained gratifications are different from gratification sought from social media. Social implications Social media provides versatility of information in different forms and large numbers of information professionals are the users of social media around globe. Perceived use of social media for cognitive needs has been resulted into destructed gratifications. This study has brought the actual outcome of the use of social media to the audience so that they may rectify their social media use. Originality/value This study is a significant contribution for information professionals to review the gratifications sought and obtained from social media for cognitive needs. It has been established in this study that gratifications sought are significantly different from gratifications obtained from social media among information professionals.

scholarly journals Fragmentation and Audience Activity on Video-on-Demand Platform: Netflix and the ‘Binge-watching’

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-132
Author(s):  
Steffiani Reisa ◽  
Irwansyah Irwansyah
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Video On Demand ◽  
Uses And Gratification ◽  
Uses And Gratification Theory ◽  
On Demand ◽  
Communication Device ◽  
Media Society ◽  
Online Streaming ◽  
Interactive Service

One of digital transformation of television systems is an interactive service called video-on-demand (VOD). VOD provides full control to its users, by allowing viewers to enjoy, choose, store, and even download the desired audio-visual content anytime and through any electronic communication device. The presence of Netflix and other VOD service providers is transforming people's behavior patterns in watching television. People are beginning to switch to watching audiovisual content and episodes the same televisions or programs known as binge-watching through online streaming. This study focused on the concept of audiences’ activities based on Levy and Windahl’s typology model. The study also explored the motivation that was a part of uses and gratification theory. This new audience habit and motivation were explored by qualitative approach. The interview was conducted to the Netflix subscribers in Jakarta to discover the behavior activities and motivation of binge-watching. The thematic analysis was applied to analyze the process of fragmentation and audience activity that occurs in a very active new media society.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Motif Mengakses Akun Video dalam Aplikasi Chatting terhadap Kepuasan Khalayak (Survei terhadap Generasi Milenial yang Menggunakan LINE TODAY)

Prologia ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 419
Author(s):  
Parousia Parousia ◽  
Riris Loisa
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
New Media ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Media Theory ◽  
Probability Sampling ◽  
Purposive Sampling ◽  
Uses And Gratification ◽  
Uses And Gratification Theory

Humans who continue to communicate with other humans cause the spread and acceptance of information increasingly consciously or unconsciously. This also causes a lot of renewal in various fields of life, including information technology. Now, information are more easily and quickly accessed through various existing media, including through new media and social media. The study aims to determine the effect of motives for accessing video accounts in chat applications towards audience satisfaction. This research uses social media theory, new media, and uses and gratification theory. The approach used is quantitative. The sampling technique used was non probability sampling, purposive sampling with a sample of 100 respondents who are millennials who access video accounts in a chat application (LINE TODAY). The technique of data collection is done by distributing Google Forms questionnaires consisting of 18 indicators. The final result obtained are the closeness between the two variables included in the high criteria. And there is an influence between the two variables whose direction is said to be positive.Manusia yang terus menerus melakukan komunikasi dengan manusia lain menyebabkan persebaran dan penerimaan terhadap informasi semakin meningkat secara sadar maupun tidak disadari. Ini juga menyebabkan banyak pembaharuan di berbagai bidang kehidupan, tak terkecuali teknologi informasi.  Kini, informasi semakin mudah dan cepat diakses melalui berbagai media yang ada, termasuk melalui media baru dan media sosial. Penelitian bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh motif mengakses akun video dalam aplikasi chatting terhadap kepuasan khalayak. Pendekatan yang digunakan adalah kuantitatif. Penelitian ini menggunakan teori sosial media, media baru, penggunaan dan kepuasan media. Teknik sampling yang digunakan adalah non probabilitas, yaitu teknik purposive sampling dengan sampel sebanyak 100 responden yang merupakan generasi milenial yang mengakses akun video dalam aplikasi chatting (LINE TODAY). Teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan menyebarkan kuisioner Google Forms yang terdiri dari 18 indikator.  Hasil akhir yang diperoleh adalah keeratan antara dua variabel termasuk dalam kriteria tinggi. Serta terdapat pengaruh antara kedua variabel yang arahnya dikatakan positif.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Penggunaan Media Terhadap Hasil Kreatif Produksi Variety Show Mission X Trans TV

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-82
Author(s):  
Rosiana Andhikasari
Keyword(s):  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Media Content ◽  
The Public ◽  
Production Team ◽  
Uses And Gratification ◽  
Uses And Gratification Theory ◽  
Public Production ◽  
Variety Show ◽  
Creative Production

Abstract  - This study is aimed to investigate the effect of media uses  towards the result of creative production of variety show Mission X Trans TV on resident of Perumahan Griya Permata Asri Tulungagung, East Java. Sub variable of media uses such as frequency, intensity, duration, media content, the individual’s relationship with media. Related literature used in this research is uses and gratification theory. This research belongs to quantitative research. Sample employed here is 78 resident of Perumahan Griya Permata Asri Tulungagung, East Java. In gathering the data, questionnaire is used and the result is counted by using likert scale. Moreover, to make the data valid, some tests are also used. They are validity test and reliability test. Furthermore, the data are analyzed by using double linier regression analysis. From the results of data analysis and discussion it was found that the variable  of media uses (X), have a significant effect on creative production (Y). The contribution of media uses amounted to 45,7%, the remaining approximately influenced by other factors besides these variable. The existence of a good escapits needs effect of resident perceives the success of production team of Mission X Trans TV. To obtain a positive perception of the public, production team of Mission X Trans TV must improve the quality of program television.  Keywords: media uses, creative production, variety show

Expanding the Information Carrying Capacity of the New Media in the Context of Virtual Teams

2011 ◽  
pp. 263-276
Author(s):  
John D’Ambra ◽  
Zixiu Guo
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Virtual Teams ◽  
Carrying Capacity ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Media Richness Theory ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Subject

This chapter considers the pivotal role of computer-mediated communication in supporting the work of virtual teams. The limited information carrying capacity of computer-mediated communication channels has been well documented and the subject of much research. Media richness theory is the context for a proposed technique aiming to increase the information carrying capacity of CMC in virtual teams. The technique, based upon developing a shared social construction, is presented and suggestions on how it may be evaluated are proposed.

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