Investigating the News Seeking Behavior of Young Adults

Autor/inn/en	Qayyum, M. Asim; Williamson, Kirsty; Liu, Ying-Hsang; Hider, Philip
Titel	Investigating the News Seeking Behavior of Young Adults
Quelle	In: Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 41 (2010) 3, S.178-191 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-8623
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Young Adults; College Students; Information Seeking; Delivery Systems; News Reporting; News Media; Newspapers; Access to Information; Academic Libraries; Economic Impact; Internet; Social Networks; Role; Qualitative Research; Attitudes; Preferences; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Collegestudent; Informationserschließung; Auslieferung; News report; Reportage; Nachrichtenwesen; Newspaper; Zeitung; College; Colleges; University; Universities; Libary; Libraries; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Universität; Bibliothek; Hochschulbibliothek; Ökonomische Determinanten; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Rollen; Qualitative Forschung; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Australien
Abstract	This study investigated the news-seeking and browsing behaviours of young adults, partly in the context of everyday life information seeking (ELIS), in order to explore their perceptions of and attitudes towards print and online news media. The study is significant because traditional print newspapers face a steady decline in their readership with the growth of free online content. Therefore, it is important to understand the online news-seeking behaviours of young adults to try and predict changes and trends in this field. A qualitative (interpretivist) approach was adopted and twenty university students were interviewed. Findings indicate that, contrary to expectations, print newspapers were still favoured by young people in this sample and the most successful online news disseminators were the ones who have attached themselves to a popular website. Finally, the impact of newspaper reading and publishing trends on library reading rooms is also discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10