Mediennutzung als Zeitallokation. Zum Einfluss der verfügbaren Zeit auf die Medienauswahl

Time for digital media but no time for school? An investigation of displacement effects among adolescents of gen X, Y, and Z.

“…These findings were confirmed for young adults as well (Thulin & Vilhelmson, 2019). Only a few timeuse studies investigated long-term substitution effects by examining the media use between different cohorts (Seufert & Wilhelm, 2014;Vilhelmson et al, 2018), confirming the displacement of legacy media and nonmedia free time activities by digital media.…”

“…Moreover, it is not just legacy media use that has been affected by digital media. The time spent on offline nonmedia leisure activities like social activities and hobbies has consistently declined over the last few decades, either due to displacement or the shift to the online world (Seufert & Wilhelm, 2014;Vilhelmson et al, 2018).…”

“…Most theoretical approaches focus on specific dimensions of the media (e.g., content, availability) or dimensions of the media demand (e.g., characteristics of the recipients) to explain media choice (e.g., Uses-and-Gratifications, Dynamic Transactional Model; for an overview, see Knobloch-Westerwick, 2015). Interestingly, none of these theories takes the role of time constraints explicitly into account (Seufert & Wilhelm, 2014)-although media choice is also a decision about using scarce time resources (Schnauber-Stockmann & Mangold, 2020;Thulin & Vilhelmson, 2019;Vilhelmson et al, 2018;Zhang & Ha, 2016).…”

“…So far, only a few studies have applied the time budget approach to explain media choice (e.g., Schnauber-Stockmann & Mangold, 2020;Seufert & Ehrenberg, 2007;Seufert & Wilhelm, 2014;Twenge et al, 2019;Vilhelmson et al, 2017Vilhelmson et al, , 2018. They demonstrate that media use strongly depends on the amount of disposable time (Robinson & Lee, 2014;Vilhelmson et al, 2017).…”

“…The question of whether the introduction of a new medium substitutes or complements established media is a matter of debate in communication studies (Seufert & Wilhelm, 2014). On the one hand, different media types can coexist, for instance when covering different functions and needs.…”