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| author | Qayyum, M. Asim Williamson, Kirsty Liu, Ying-Hsang Hider, Philip |
| author_facet | Qayyum, M. Asim Williamson, Kirsty Liu, Ying-Hsang Hider, Philip Qayyum, M. Asim Williamson, Kirsty Liu, Ying-Hsang Hider, Philip |
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| contents | Investigating the News Seeking Behavior of Young Adults Qayyum, M. Asim Williamson, Kirsty Liu, Ying-Hsang Hider, Philip 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 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. |
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| publishDate | 2010 |
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| spellingShingle | Investigating the News Seeking Behavior of Young Adults Qayyum, M. Asim Williamson, Kirsty Liu, Ying-Hsang Hider, Philip 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 Investigating the News Seeking Behavior of Young Adults Qayyum, M. Asim Williamson, Kirsty Liu, Ying-Hsang Hider, Philip 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 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. |
| title | Investigating the News Seeking Behavior of Young Adults |
| topic | 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 |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ931118 |