Online digital Radion apps usages in Israel: Consumers, consumption and meaning

Lissitsa

2022

OIR

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PurposeThis study examined the association between media consumers' attitudes toward COVID-19-related content on mainstream, on-demand and social media and trust in the government's ability to handle the pandemic crisis.Design/methodology/approachThe study is based on an online survey of a representative sample of 1,005 Israelis aged 18 and over and focused on consumers' perceptions of media contents as a source of information, social solidarity, criticism and anxiety.FindingsFindings indicate that mainstream media were the primary source of pandemic information. A positive association was found between perceptions of mainstream media as a source of criticism and trust in government's actions. This association was negative regarding social and on-demand media. The more mainstream media contents were perceived as anxiety evoking, the lower participants' trust in government's actions. A positive association was found between perceptions that social media encouraged social solidarity and trust in governmental action.Practical implicationsPolicymakers should take into consideration that various media operate synergistically to continually construct reality.Originality/valueThis study focuses on consumers' perceptions of COVID-related media contents, which are especially important in the current era of media outlet proliferation, distribution and impact on the government. The unique contribution is in the integrated application of media malaise theory, virtuous circle theory and echo chamber theory to explain the correlation between media consumption and public trust during a global crisis in the era of diverse media outlets.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-06-2021-0299.

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Mainstream Media and Trust In Government In A Crisismentioning

confidence: 99%

Mainstream, on-demand and social media consumption and trust in government handling of the COVID crisis

Lissitsa

2022

OIR

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“…New media offers unprecedented content options to radio listeners, precipitating a profound change in the structure of traditional radio and listening habits. As digital trends continue to accelerate, the radio industry is forced to continually reinvent itself to maintain its relevance in a multimedia web-based world (Cordeiro, 2012; Farrell, 2016; Laor et al, 2019; Moshe et al, 2017; Starkey, 2017; Te et al, 2011). Although digital broadcast has taken longer than anticipated to become established as the norm for radio listening (Lax, 2017), 92 percent of all Americans still report incorporating over-the-air radio content in their daily listening habits (Nielsen, 2017), and about 40 percent now listen to their favourite programmes and hosts on a digital platform such as an iPhone (Punnett, 2016).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Radio on demand: New habits of consuming radio content

Global Media and Communication

2022

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This research is an investigation into changes in the radio listening habits of consumers who use on-demand radio. Findings indicate high daily listening rates to online on-demand radiophonic content as listeners are not dependent on schedules. Listeners proactively use the options offered by on-demand radio to satisfy listeners’ diverse needs, in line with the uses and gratifications theory. The diversity of online radio offerings encourages frequent consumption of more varied content. Findings indicate that radio’s entry into the new medium offers interactivity, demassification and asynchroneity, expands its distribution and helps it maintain its role as a relevant medium of influence.

“…The Internet and digital media have reorganized the landscape of the radio by creating a new format and new listening patterns for radio. Today, radio broadcasters connect with their listeners through online platforms, and radiophonic listening now combines online apps (Berry, 2013;Ignatiew, 2017;Laor et al, 2019). As popular radio stations transition to digital formats and broadcast their contents online, the visual dimension, which was previously insignificant, plays an increasingly important role in the traditional radio stations' broadcasts on the Internet (Ferguson and Greer, 2018;Ignatiew, 2017;Starkey, 2012).…”

Section: Visual Radio In New Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The traditional structure of radio is changing through the incorporation of new elements that are more closely aligned with the new media age, such as interactive tools on radio websites, social media, and online archives (Baker, 2010;Laor et al, 2019;McClung et al, 2003). That is to say, traditional radio has remained in place with new options of disseminating radio contents (such as visual modes of transmission).…”

Section: Continuity Of Traditional Radiomentioning

confidence: 99%

How does it ‘sound’? Audiences, broadcasters, and managers on visual radio in Israel

Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Med

2020

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In recent years, radio broadcasts on social media have extended to visual radio broadcasts (e.g. Facebook Live) that support a continuous display of viewer comments in real time. Based on 65 semi-structured in-depth interviews, this study presents for the first time the perspectives of the main actors in the visual radio scene: viewers, broadcasters, and radio executives. Findings show that broadcasters generally believe that the recent visual changes to radio, forced by the changing media environment, have an adverse impact on the radiophonic medium. In contrast, radio executives, who set policies, believe that radio must maintain a presence in the visual, viral interactive online space. For viewers, visual radio meets diverse needs, generates enjoyment, and offers the added value of interactivity and enhanced sense of activity resulting from new access to ‘behind the scenes’ of radio broadcasts. This study demonstrates how the theory of technological determinism is reflected in practice, in the radiophonic medium’s adjustments to the features of the new era – visibility, lost anonymity through increased exposure, potential for viral dissemination, and real-time responsivity – despite the fact that these features are contrary to radio’s unique fundamental features. Despite this innovative turn, all actors – executives, broadcasters, and viewers – believe that radio broadcast consumption remains dominated by the traditional in-car audio format.