TY - JOUR
T1 - Unpacking news engagement through the perceived affordances of social media
T2 - A cross-platform, cross-country approach
AU - Dvir-Gvirsman, Shira
AU - Sude, Daniel
AU - Raisman, Guy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2023.
PY - 2024/11
Y1 - 2024/11
N2 - In the extant ample research on news engagement on social media, a majority of studies thus far have centered mainly on users’ motivations, gratifications, and characteristics and less on platforms in which they operate. Yet, it is well recognized that users’ behavior is shaped by technological interfaces, and that users differentiate between platforms and switch to suit their specific needs. The current study, therefore, adopts a cross-platform (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, and instant messaging apps) approach to explore how users’ engagement with news varies, with a focus on users’ perceptions of platforms’ affordances as a main predictor. Based on an online survey in eight countries (the United States, United Kingdom, France, Israel, Sweden, Germany, Hong Kong, and Japan), the study identifies as key affordances, which determine both receiving and dissemination of news, users’ perceptions regarding a platform’s personalization, network association, anonymity, and content persistence. The findings also highlight the differences between countries and between platforms.
AB - In the extant ample research on news engagement on social media, a majority of studies thus far have centered mainly on users’ motivations, gratifications, and characteristics and less on platforms in which they operate. Yet, it is well recognized that users’ behavior is shaped by technological interfaces, and that users differentiate between platforms and switch to suit their specific needs. The current study, therefore, adopts a cross-platform (Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, and instant messaging apps) approach to explore how users’ engagement with news varies, with a focus on users’ perceptions of platforms’ affordances as a main predictor. Based on an online survey in eight countries (the United States, United Kingdom, France, Israel, Sweden, Germany, Hong Kong, and Japan), the study identifies as key affordances, which determine both receiving and dissemination of news, users’ perceptions regarding a platform’s personalization, network association, anonymity, and content persistence. The findings also highlight the differences between countries and between platforms.
KW - Comparative study
KW - news engagement
KW - perceived affordances
KW - social media
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85149942783&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/14614448231154432
DO - 10.1177/14614448231154432
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AN - SCOPUS:85149942783
SN - 1461-4448
VL - 26
SP - 6487
EP - 6509
JO - New Media and Society
JF - New Media and Society
IS - 11
ER -