Material and sensory dimensions of everyday news use

Kormelink, Tim Groot; Meijer, Irene Costera

doi:10.1177/0163443718810910

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“…The study was neither designed with a pre-defined focus on smartphones, nor with temporal ambivalences as a pre-defined analytical problem. However, the “day in the life”-approach (see also Groot Kormelink and Costera Meijer, 2019) is particularly relevant to investigate temporal aspects of media use, as it builds from the idea of an ordinary day as a recognizable timeframe to situate different experiences within. Further, initial analyses of the material, and subsequent analysis of news use and citizen ideals (Ytre-Arne and Moe, 2018), placed smartphones at the very center of informants’ media experiences and uncovered ambivalent emotions.…”

Section: Methodological and Analytical Approachmentioning

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Temporal ambivalences in smartphone use: Conflicting flows, conflicting responsibilities

Ytre-Arne

Syvertsen

Moe

et al. 2020

New Media & Society

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This article explores implications of the central position of the smartphone in an age of constant connectivity. Based on a qualitative study of 50 informants, we ask how users experience and handle temporal ambivalences in everyday smartphone use, drawing on the concepts flow and responsibilization to conceptualize central dimensions of such ambivalences. The notion of conflicting flows illuminates how brief checking cycles expand at the expense of other activities, resulting in a temporal conflict experienced by users. Responsibilization points to how users take individual responsibility for managing such conflicting flows, and to how this practice is difficult and conflict-ridden. We conclude that while individual time management is often framed as the solution to temporal conflicts, such attempts at regulating smartphone use appear inadequate. Our conceptualization of temporal ambivalence offers a more nuanced understanding of why this is the case.

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Section: Methodological and Analytical Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Temporal ambivalences in smartphone use: Conflicting flows, conflicting responsibilities

Ytre-Arne

Syvertsen

Moe

et al. 2020

New Media & Society

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“…In the traditional model news were presented and received in a structured package, ordered in a hierarchical structure and delivered under a wide frame which allowed users to interpret and give sense to the message. In this new model, news and civic issues appear along with non-news content and other type of messages (Groot Kormelink & Costera Meijer, 2019). The current social distribution model makes difficult for users to attribute the messages they consume to the medium such message was published at .…”

Section: Information Quality: Detecting and Flagging Fake Newsmentioning

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Social media and its intersections with free speech, freedom of information and privacy. An analysis

Segado‐Boj¹,

Díaz-Campo

2020

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Nowadays, there is a growing debate on the impact of social media on society, particularly on its potential negative effects. Therefore, this research is focused on three intersections of social media and fundamental freedoms: free speech, freedom of information and privacy. We begin analyzing social networking sites and social media role and evolution since their birth at the beginning of 21st century and remarking their positive aspects. Our objective is to identify malpractices related to social media and fundamental freedoms. A review of the literature is presented which outlines those malpractices. This review highlights some issues, such as arbitrary censorship, boundaries of free speech, misinformation, diversity of sources, visions and views, user content and privacy settings, and data profiling. Finally, we propose some solutions for each one of those issues.

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“…Indeed, we found three ways in which what might call people's "being experienced" with news was the reason their news use was so quick or short. First, "experienced" news users have embodied knowledge of how to most efficiently use their devices (see also Groot Kormelink and Costera Meijer 2019). Their tactics included quickly swiping downward to refresh and update a news app to see the very latest headlines, rearranging the icons on their smartphone so that their favorite apps are within thumb's reach, and scrolling with a specific finger so they can scroll faster.…”

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“…Second, different devices and platforms co-produce different temporal experiences. A prime example here is a distinct user practice on Facebook we have previously called "scrolling", characterized by an urge to keep the movement of scrolling going, regardless of one's interest in the content (Groot Kormelink and Costera Meijer 2019). This is illustrated by Ferdinand, who watched a news video on Facebook for only twenty seconds before feeling the urge to move on: "I thought [the video] was really nice but I don't wanna spend too much time doing it."…”

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A User Perspective on Time Spent: Temporal Experiences of Everyday News Use

Kormelink

Meijer

2019

Journalism Studies

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This paper explores what spending time means from a user perspective. Drawing from three qualitative audience studies that center around the notion of experience, it reveals three complexities regarding time spent in relation to news use. Overall, we find that time spent does not necessarily measure interest in, attention to or engagement with news. First, time spent does not reflect the quality of attention being paid. Second, there is no linear relationship between time spent and interest or engagement. More time spent on news use can be the result of little interest or engagement, and vice versa. Experienced users engage in quick news practices because they are practiced and skillful at using news: they know how to handle and navigate their devices, they can efficiently scan digital environments for new and relevant information, and they are aware of news conventions or title-specific tendencies telling them which parts of news they could skip. Third, different news devices, platforms and genres coincide with different temporal experiences of news.

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Material and sensory dimensions of everyday news use

Cited by 48 publications

References 41 publications

Temporal ambivalences in smartphone use: Conflicting flows, conflicting responsibilities

Temporal ambivalences in smartphone use: Conflicting flows, conflicting responsibilities

Social media and its intersections with free speech, freedom of information and privacy. An analysis

A User Perspective on Time Spent: Temporal Experiences of Everyday News Use

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