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- Title
The Influence of Message and Audience Characteristics on TV News Grazing Behavior.
- Authors
Bailey, RachelL.; Fox, JuliaR.; Grabe, MariaElizabeth
- Abstract
This study examined television news channel changing (AKA grazing, zapping) behavior by focusing on the viewing duration and attention paid to stories that varied in sensational content and packaging. These two message-related factors had independent and interactive effects on how long grazers stayed tuned to a channel. Moreover, high sensation seekers, who were more avid news consumers in everyday life, exhibited different viewing and attentional patterns compared to low sensation seekers. While arousing television news was the most watched by all, high sensation seekers unexpectedly showed less preference for sensational tabloid packaging of arousing content than low sensation seekers.
- Subjects
TELEVISION broadcasting of news; GRAZING (Television); PSYCHOLOGY of television viewers; TELEVISION viewing research; SENSATIONALISM on television; ZAPPING (Television); CABLE television viewers; CABLE television
- Publication
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 2013, Vol 57, Issue 3, p318
- ISSN
0883-8151
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/08838151.2013.816704