Places for News: A Situated Study of Context in News Consumption

Yuval Cohen, Marios Constantinides*, Paul Marshall

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    Abstract

    This paper presents a qualitative study of contextual factors that affect news consumption on mobile devices. Participants reported their daily news consumption activities over a period of two weeks through a snippet-based diary and experience sampling study, followed by semi-structured exit interviews. Wunderlist, a commercially available task management application and note-taking software, was appropriated for data collection. Findings highlighted a range of contextual factors that are not accounted for in current ‘contextually-aware’ news delivery technologies, and could be developed to better adapt such technologies in the future. These contextual factors were segmented to four areas: triggers, positive/conducive factors, negative/distracting factors and barriers to use.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationHuman-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019
    EditorsDavid Lamas, Fernando Loizides, Lennart Nacke, Helen Petrie, Marco Winckler, Panayiotis Zaphiris
    PublisherSpringer
    Chapter5
    Pages69-91
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Electronic)9783030293840
    ISBN (Print)9783030293833
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 25 Aug 2019

    Publication series

    NameHuman-Computer Interaction – INTERACT 2019
    Volume11747
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743
    ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

    Research Groups and Themes

    • Bristol Interaction Group

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