Consumption and Dependency of Social Network Sites as a News Medium: A Comparison between College Students and General Population
نویسندگان
چکیده
This exploratory study investigates social network sites (SNS) users’ time allocation behavior among various traditional and new media. Specifically, it examines the difference in degree of dependency on SNS between the young generation and the general population as a new form of news medium based on the media system dependency (MSD) and the microeconomic consumption (MEC) theories. The research results reveal that SNS, along with other online media, such as online audio/video news, are the preferred news sources for young people and they are more likely to be interested in soft news than hard news. SNS has become online users’ news portal and is closely related to their other online and user-generated content media use. The significant difference in news media use between the general population and college students also illustrates the importance of choosing the sample in studying SNS and media use.
منابع مشابه
Relationship between internet addiction and dependency virtual social networks with loneliness in adolescents
The prevalence rate of harmful use of cyberspace in the world is constantly increasing. This means that those who are addicted to the Internet, experience negative consequences of it, such as feeling of loneliness and isolation, and a vicious circle as well as a bilateral relationship may be involved. In this paper we studied the relationship between online social network dependency and interne...
متن کاملRole of Internet Dependency on Online Social Capital among Graduate Students in University of Putra Malaysia
This study examined to study how respondents rely on the Internet to fulfill the various life goals dimensioned into understanding, orientation and playing goals, and how this dependency relates to the generation of social capital. Further, it examined the resources of social capital in terms of bonding social capita and bridging social capital. In this study quantitative research approach was ...
متن کاملUsages of Social Networking Websites among Undergraduate Students
Today in India mostly among the Indian undergrads the use of Social Networking Sites (SNS) has significantly expanded and has unquestionably had broad effects on the scholarly and different exercises of the understudies’ students. These effects are widespread to the point that they grabbed the eye of social researchers around the world. Be that as it may, the scope of studies led to managing th...
متن کاملQualitative Study of Students' Information Sharing Behavior in Social Network Sites
Aim: The main purpose was to investigate the students’ information sharing behavior in social network sites with a qualitative approach. Methodology: An applied research with qualitative approach - A Thematic Analysis method was used. Population consisted of all the students at the Universities in South Khorasan Province affiliated with the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology who had ...
متن کاملImpact of Cyberspace Dependency on Social Isolation among High School Students
Social isolation is one prevalent social deficiencies among adolescents. Reasons of social isolation in adolescents are not clear yet. One of the variables that have attracted researchers in recent years to the etiology of social isolation is the dependence on new communication technologies, especially the Internet. This study aimed to determine the relationship between cyberspace dependency an...
متن کامل