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| Autor/in | Towers, Wayne M. |
|---|---|
| Titel | Adult Readership of Magazines and Why They Read. |
| Quelle | (1987), (19 Seiten) |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Adults; Mass Media Effects; Media Research; Need Gratification; Newspapers; Periodicals; Research Methodology; Use Studies |
| Abstract | A study tested the applicability of gratifications research to magazines. Telephone surveys with 543 adults in a large western urban area ascertained their media usages and their agreement with 14 gratifications statements drawn from morphostatic research into the surveillance-diversion-personal identity triad in relation to newspaper and radio. Analyses determined if the expected three dimensions were present for magazines, and if expectancies regarding magazines could be related to magazine readership. Diversion was found to be a common response across media, while surveillance and interaction depended upon the medium under consideration. To evaluate these insights and to test magazines' potential for morphogenetic approaches, magazine readership behaviors were examined. Results indicated that magazines, even newsmagazines, were measurably different from newspapers in terms of media gratifications. The pattern for general circulation magazines was also different from that of newspapers and newsmagazines. Findings indicated that all three gratifications research perspectives had been partly correct. Morphostatic research, cross-media comparisons, and morphogenetic approaches were all supported. (HTH) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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