News in their pockets : a cross-city comparative study of mobile news consumption in Asia /

This book explores the societal, technological and user-related factors in understanding why and how digital-savvy college students in Asia's most mobile cities, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taipei-seek news via the mobile phone, how they evaluate mobile news for credibility and usefulnes...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Wei, Ran, 1962- (Author), Lo, Ven-hwei (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Series:	Studies in mobile communication.
Subjects:	Journalism > Technological innovations. Cell phones and college students > East Asia. College students as consumers > East Asia. News audiences > East Asia. Smartphones > Social aspects > East Asia.

Table of Contents:

News gone mobile
Motivation, perception, and engagement
Motivations : beyond access
Consumption : diverse and rising
Engagement : the new dimension
Perceptions : the credibility factor
Who learns from mobile news?
Modeling with mediation analysis.