scholarly journals Introducing the Media Use Behaviour Conceptual Framework

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas Parry ◽  
Daniel B. le Roux
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Cognitive Factors ◽  
Reciprocal Relations ◽  
Communications Media ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
The Media

In an increasingly digitally connected world researchers have sought to understand behaviour associated with digital communications media. We argue that a more consistent conceptualisation of media use behaviour and its etiological foundations is a necessary basis for research in this regard to progress. To this end, through the adoption of an affordances approach, we propose the Media Use Behaviour Conceptual Framework to describe the reciprocal relations between users (described in relation to personal characteristics and cognitive factors), the situations (consisting of social, physical, and technological dimensions) in which they use media, their media use behaviour, and the outcomes (both realised and expected) of this behaviour. This framework seeks to integrate the behaviourist and cognitivist approaches to action and, additionally, acknowledges the socially constructed and deterministic role of media in action. It is argued that such a framework will provide a useful basis upon which researchers can consider various individual differences in observed media use behaviours and associated outcomes and, importantly, understand why particular media use behaviours occur.

Social Media Use Among Olympians and Sport Journalists in Hungary

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-199
Author(s):  
Agnes Kovacs ◽  
Tamas Doczi ◽  
Dunja Antunovic
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
The World ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
The Media ◽  
Hungarian Case ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Insight Into

The Olympic Games are among the most followed events in the world, so athletes who participate there are exceptionally interesting for the media. This research investigated Olympians’ social media use, sport journalists’ attitudes about Olympians’ social media use, and the role of social media in the relationship between Olympians and sport journalists in Hungary. The findings suggest that most Hungarian Olympians do not think that being on social media is an exceptionally key issue in their life, and a significant portion of them do not have public social media pages. However, sport journalists would like to see more information about athletes on social media platforms. The Hungarian case offers not only a general understanding of the athlete–journalist relationship, and the role of social media in it, but also insight into the specific features of the phenomenon in a state-supported, hybrid sport economy.

scholarly journals Investigating Predictors of Online Vigilance among University Students

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel B. le Roux ◽  
Douglas Parry
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Initial Step ◽  
Media Multitasking ◽  
Attentional Training ◽  
Smartphone Use

PurposeOnline vigilance is a novel construct which describes individual differences in users’ cognitive orientation to online connectedness, their attention to and integration of online-related cues and stimuli, and their prioritisation of online communication. Its proponents argue that it is acquired through the processes of instrumental and attentional training that underlie media use behaviours. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the role of three personal characteristics (emotional intelligence, rumination and identity distress) as predictors of online vigilance in addition to media use behaviour.Design/methodology/approachWe adopted an exploratory frame and followed a survey-methodology to collect data among a sample of university students (n=812). The resulting data was analysed through a hierarchical multiple regression in which four models were considered.FindingsOur findings indicate that while media use behaviours (daily smartphone use, social media use, messaging, video watching and media multitasking) predict online vigilance, their combined effect is weak. However, when considering these behaviours in combination with trait rumination and identity distress, a moderate effect is observable.Research limitations/implicationsWhile our findings do not permit causal inference, it suggests that two personal characteristics, trait rumination and identity distress, play an important role in determining an individual’s tendency or ability to psychologically disconnect from their online spheres. This provides an initial step towards the theorisation of online vigilance and the identification of individuals who may be at risk of acquiring it.Originality/valueOnline vigilance is a novel construct which has only been investigated in a small number of studies. However, its emphasis on psychological connectedness presents a unique and important development in the context of permanently online, permanently connected living. The present study is the first to explore its association with personal characteristics.

scholarly journals Individual differences in granularity of the affective responses to music

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-408
Author(s):  
Joanna Kantor-Martynuska ◽  
Emmanuel Bigand
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Affective Responses ◽  
The Other ◽  
Number Of Clusters ◽  
Musical Expertise ◽  
Musical Excerpts ◽  
The Common

Abstract The main focus of the paper is the role of listeners’ emotion-relevant characteristics and musical expertise in the granularity of affective responses to music. Another objective of the study is to test the consistency of the granularity of affect that is perceived in music and/or experienced in response to it. In Experiment 1, 91 musicians and nonmusicians listened to musical excerpts and grouped them according to the similarity of the affects they experienced while listening. Finer grouping granularity was found in musicians and high rumination scorers. Male musicians with above-median scores in rumination produced a larger number of clusters than the other male participants. Experiment 2 that engaged 23 participants demonstrated moderate consistency with which listeners grouped affects that they perceived in music and affects they experienced while listening to music. The study suggests that affective responses to music are subject to individual differences in musical expertise and rumination. Affects perceived in music and felt in response to it seem to be categorized with reference to the common principles. However, the cues that are used in such instances of categorization seem to be different. The paper encourages further research on the importance of listeners’ personal characteristics for the affective responses to music.

scholarly journals Presence, flow, and narrative absorption: an interdisciplinary theoretical exploration with a new spatiotemporal integrated model based on predictive processing

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Pianzola ◽  
Giuseppe Riva ◽  
Fabrizia Mantovani ◽  
Karin Kukkonen
Keyword(s):  
Selective Attention ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Integrated Model ◽  
Predictive Processing ◽  
Media Design ◽  
Temporal Aspects ◽  
The Media

Presence, flow, narrative absorption, immersion, transportation, and similar phenomena are studied in many different disciplines, mostly in relation to mediated experiences (books, film, VR, games). Moreover, since real, virtual, or fictional agents are often involved, concepts like identification and state empathy are often linked to engaging media use. Through a scoping review we identify similarities in the wording of various questionnaire items conceived to measure different phenomena, categorize items into the most relevant psychological aspects, and use this categorization to propose an interdisciplinary systematization. Then, based on a framework of embodied predictive processing we present a new cognitive model of presence-related phenomena for mediated and non-mediated experiences, integrating spatial and temporal aspects and also considering the role of the media design. Key processes described within the model are: selective attention, enactment of intention, and interoception.

Traumatization, Not Habituation: The Impact of a Long Lockdown on Mental Health and the Role of Media Use (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominika Grygarová ◽  
Petr Adámek ◽  
Veronika Juríčková ◽  
Jiří Horáček ◽  
Eduard Bakštein ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Late Phase ◽  
Anxiety And Depression ◽  
Continuous Exposure ◽  
Czech Population ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact ◽  
News Use

BACKGROUND Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Czech population experienced a second lockdown lasting for about half a year, restricting free movement, and imposing social isolation. It is not known whether the impact of the long lockdown resulted in habituation to the adverse situation or in the traumatization of the Czech population, and whether the media and its specific use contributed to these processes. OBJECTIVE This study aimed at elucidating the effect of the long lockdown on the mental health of the Czech population, and the role of exposure to COVID-19 news reports and specific forms of media news use in mental health. METHODS We conducted two consecutive surveys in the early (November 2020) and late (March/April 2021) phases of the nationwide lockdown on the same nationally representative group of Czech adults (N = 1,777) participating in a longitudinal panel study. RESULTS Our findings show that the self-reported symptoms of anxiety and depression increased in the second observed period, whereby confirming the negative effect of the pandemic lockdown as it unfolded, suggesting that restrictive measures and continuous exposure to a collective stressor did not result in strengthening of resilience but rather in ongoing traumatization. The results also suggest a negative role of the media’s coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic in mental health during the early, and particularly late phase of the lockdown. Furthermore, we found several risk and protective factors of specific media news use. The media practice in news consumption connected to social media use was the strongest predictor of exacerbated mental health symptoms, particularly in the late phase of the lockdown. Also, news media use characterized by internalization of information learned from the news, as well as negative attitudes towards media news, were associated with higher levels of anxiety and depression. On the other hand, the use of infotainment, together with an in-depth and contextual style of reading news articles, were related to improvement of mental health. CONCLUSIONS Our study showed that the long lockdown resulted in traumatization rather than habituation, and in more pronounced effects (both negative and positive) of media use in mental health.

Phonological Disorders II

1982 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 242-256 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence D. Shriberg ◽  
Joan Kwiatkowski
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Classification System ◽  
Diagnostic Classification ◽  
Management Structure ◽  
Phonological Disorders ◽  
Element System ◽  
Diagnostic Classification System ◽  
Clinician Acceptance

A conceptual framework for management of phonological disorders is proposed. The framework includes a 10-element system for describing the structure of management programs and invokes a diagnostic classification system for determining appropriate management content. Data from three serial studies of management structure describe the effectiveness, efficiency, and clinician acceptance of four modes of management: Drill, Drill Play, Structure Play and Play. Review of past, present, and future content of management programs emphasizes the central role of individual differences among persons with phonological disorders.

Buses and Ballots: The Role of Media Images in a Local Election

1994 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald M. Kosicki ◽  
Lee B. Becker ◽  
Eric S. Fredin
Keyword(s):  
Media Use ◽  
Behavioral Outcomes ◽  
Public Perceptions ◽  
Direct Effects ◽  
Special Interests ◽  
Media Images ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Local Election ◽  
The Media

This study examines the role of media in a local election using media use and public perceptions of media and their interactions as key independent variables. Some support is found for the notion that media do not exert direct effects on behavioral outcomes, but rather this process depends on how people perceive the media they use in terms of their ties to special interests in the community and the interaction of this perception with media use.

scholarly journals Assessing the role of media in crisis management in Afghanistan: A case study of crisis caused by coronavirus outbreak

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 113-118
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ragheb Eftikhari
Keyword(s):  
Media Use ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Statistical Population ◽  
The Media ◽  
High Level ◽  
Control And Management ◽  
The Relationship

This study evaluated the relationship between media use and citizens' awareness of coronavirus. The method of this research was quantitative-survey, and the data collection tool was a questionnaire. The sample size was 383 people and determined using the Cochran's formula. The questionnaire was distributed online and conducted within 30 days from the 3 rd April to the 3 rd May of 2020. SPSS software was used to analyze the data. The statistical population of the study was Facebook users. In the present study, the independent variable was media use and the dependent variable was the level of public awareness in three dimensions; awareness, speed of information and fading of traditional beliefs have been measured. Findings showed that the media, especially Facebook, due to the characteristics of availability, decentralization, time and frequency, as well as the role of awareness and information in crisis control and management has been impressed in Afghanistan. Based on the results, the first and second hypotheses of the research that there is a relationship between access to media and high level of awareness as well as the relationship between access to media and increasing the speed of information are confirmed, but the third hypothesis due to the low intensity of the relationship between its variables was somewhat ruled out.

scholarly journals Investigating predictors of online vigilance among university students

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel B. Le Roux ◽  
Douglas A. Parry
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Survey Methodology ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Initial Step ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Attentional Training ◽  
Smartphone Use

PurposeOnline vigilance is a novel construct which describes individual differences in users' cognitive orientation to online connectedness, their attention to and integration of online-related cues and stimuli and their prioritisation of online communication. Its proponents argue that it is acquired through the processes of instrumental and attentional training that underlie media use behaviours. The purpose of the present study is to investigate the role of three personal characteristics (emotional intelligence, rumination and identity distress) as predictors of online vigilance in addition to media use behaviour.Design/methodology/approachThe authors adopted an exploratory frame and followed a survey-methodology to collect data among a sample of university students (n = 812). The resulting data were analysed through a hierarchical multiple regression process in which four models were considered.FindingsThe findings indicate that while media use behaviours (daily smartphone use, social media use, messaging, video watching and media multitasking) predict online vigilance, their combined effect is weak. However, when considering these behaviours in combination with trait rumination and identity distress, a moderate effect is observable.Research limitations/implicationsWhile the findings do not permit causal inference, it suggests that two personal characteristics, trait rumination and identity distress, play an important role in determining an individual's tendency or ability to psychologically disconnect from their online spheres. This provides an initial step towards the theorisation of online vigilance and the identification of individuals who may be at risk of acquiring it.Originality/valueOnline vigilance is a novel construct which has only been investigated in a small number of studies. However, its emphasis on psychological connectedness presents a unique and important development in the context of permanently online, permanently connected living. The present study is the first to explore its association with personal characteristics.

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