What makes online news interesting? Personal and situational interest and the effect on behavioral intentions.

Authors :: O'Brien, Heather L.
McKay, Jocelyn
Source :: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science & Technology; 2016, Vol. 53 Issue 1, p1-6, 6p
Publication Year :: 2016
Abstract: ABSTRACT We conducted a study in which participants interacted with human-interest news stories in video, audio or text format. We gathered post-task impressions of participants' interest in and curiosity about the stories, and their behavioral intentions to link to related content or recommend the stories to others. We explored the individual and situational dimensions of interest in participants' responses, and how these related to behavioral intentions. We discuss implications for information system and study design. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: NEWS websites
ELECTRONIC newspapers
ONLINE social networks
SOCIAL media
HUMAN information processing

Language :: English
ISSN :: 23739231
Volume :: 53
Issue :: 1
Database :: Complementary Index
Journal :: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science & Technology
Publication Type :: Conference
Accession number :: 120386414
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2016.14505301150

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