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News in their Pockets : A Cross-City Comparative Study of Mobile News Consumption in Asia Paperback / softback
by Ran (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of South Ca Wei, Ven-hwei (Visiting Professor in the Department of Journalism, School of Communication, Visiting Lo
Part of the Studies in Mobile Communication series
Paperback / softback
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Since the debut of the iPhone in 2007, the mobile phone has become a quick, convenient, and immensely popular gateway for accessing and consuming news.
With three billion mobile phone subscribers, Asian countries have led this seismic shift in news consumption.
They provide a wide range of opportunities to study how, as mobile technology matures and becomes routinized, mobile news is increasingly subject to societal constraints and impositions of political power that reduce the democratic benefits of such news and call into question the application of these technological innovations within governments and societies. News in Their Pockets explores the societal, technological, and user-related factors behind why and how digital-savvy college students seek news via the mobile phone across Asia's most mobile cities--Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taipei.
Situating cross-societal comparative analyses of mobile news consumption in Asia within a digital and global context, this volume outlines the evolution of the mobile phone to its prominence in disseminating news, offers predictors of patterns in mobile news consumption, investigates user needs and expectations, and illustrates future impacts on civic engagement from mobile news consumption.
By examining the interplay between game-changing and empowering communication technology and constraining social systems, News in Their Pockets provides the framework necessary for constructive, continuing debates over the promise and peril of digital news and exposes our underlying reasoning behind the adoption of the mobile phone as the all-in-one media of choice to stay socialized, entertained, and informed in the modern digital age.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:21/04/2021
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- ISBN:9780197523735
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:240 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:21/04/2021
- Category:
- ISBN:9780197523735