Pub Date : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2022.2143665
B. Bagley, Kathryn E. Anthony, S. Venette
ABSTRACT While vastly overshadowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, America’s deadly opioid crisis worsened dramatically in recent years. Despite the deadliness of these drugs, the lifesaving medication Narcan (a naloxone product) has saved more than 93.5% of potential victims from an overdose death. However, several factors have contributed to a lack of uptake of the medication. The current study explored message-design components for persuading individuals to 1) seek more information regarding Narcan 2) accept a coupon code for Narcan, and 3) purchase the Narcan nasal spray. Guided by the Extended Parallel Process Model, this study implemented strategic message design to see if heightened perceptions of threat (i.e. severity and susceptibility) and efficacy (self, response, and system efficacy) promote behaviour change to either seek information about or purchase Narcan. We employed three message framing techniques, including gain/loss-frame, labelling and stigmatisation through language, and linguistic assignment of agency. Based on an experimental design with 304 participants and eight message conditions, the study revealed the following: high perceptions of susceptibility and system-efficacy predicted the acceptance of a coupon code for Narcan; high perceptions of severity, susceptibility, and system-efficacy predicted information-seeking behaviour; finally, susceptibility and response-efficacy predicted an intent to own Narcan in the future.
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Pub Date : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2022.2137237
T.J. Thomson, Sarah Johnstone, Jennifer Seevinck, E. Miller, S. Holland-Batt
ABSTRACT Older Australians, particularly those in aged-care settings, are frequently targets of persistent discrimination and marginalisation. Media portrayals of older people contribute to how broader society sees and values this demographic. Acknowledging this, the present study analyses how journalists visually cover ageing and the aged care sector during a critical event ‘frame’: the calling of, and government response to, the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety from 2018 through 2021. This study recognises that the type of representation of older people in media is more difficult to examine than simply the frequency of representation. Using visual social semiotics as an analytical framework, this paper examined 351 images from a nationally representative news sample published over the 30-month timeframe. This approach has enabled us to go beyond simple frequencies of who is depicted and explore in a more nuanced way how older Australians are depicted, and with what implications.
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Pub Date : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2022.2143666
J. Lee
ABSTRACT Although much of the accumulated quantitative data on non-use of the internet has consistently highlighted the most obvious reasons for not using the internet (a lack of interest and relevance), the limitations in our understanding of non-users have also started to be recognised. This study aims to provide deeper insights into digital inclusion from the perspective of the digitally excluded members of society. An inductive analysis of in-depth interviews with non- and limited users reveals the multidimensional reality. The adoption of technology is not entirely up to the individual and is often socially constructed. The reasons behind non-use, often a lack of social encouragement and social support, call for a broader approach to understanding which goes far beyond a single explanation. This study has important implications for digital inclusion initiatives and better implementation of digital literacy programmes because it emphasises the importance of social resources to digital inclusion outcomes.
{"title":"A qualitative study of latent reasons for internet non-and limited user","authors":"J. Lee","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2022.2143666","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2143666","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Although much of the accumulated quantitative data on non-use of the internet has consistently highlighted the most obvious reasons for not using the internet (a lack of interest and relevance), the limitations in our understanding of non-users have also started to be recognised. This study aims to provide deeper insights into digital inclusion from the perspective of the digitally excluded members of society. An inductive analysis of in-depth interviews with non- and limited users reveals the multidimensional reality. The adoption of technology is not entirely up to the individual and is often socially constructed. The reasons behind non-use, often a lack of social encouragement and social support, call for a broader approach to understanding which goes far beyond a single explanation. This study has important implications for digital inclusion initiatives and better implementation of digital literacy programmes because it emphasises the importance of social resources to digital inclusion outcomes.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"155 1","pages":"364 - 382"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85418401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2022.2141861
Yunju Kim, Heejun Lee
ABSTRACT Adopting a uses and gratifications (U&G) approach, this study identified user motivations for watching 360-degree video news: pursuit of entertaining information, social conformity, and pursuit of usefulness. The current study also proposes a model that captures key antecedents and consequences of audiences’ motives for consuming 360-degree video news by extending the technology acceptance model (TAM). Among the three motives for watching 360-degree video news, pursuit of entertaining information and pursuit of usefulness both significantly influence audience attitudes towards 360-degree video news. This is because of the perceived usefulness of the medium. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
{"title":"User acceptance of 360-degree video news: an integrated model of extended TAM and U&G perspectives","authors":"Yunju Kim, Heejun Lee","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2022.2141861","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2141861","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Adopting a uses and gratifications (U&G) approach, this study identified user motivations for watching 360-degree video news: pursuit of entertaining information, social conformity, and pursuit of usefulness. The current study also proposes a model that captures key antecedents and consequences of audiences’ motives for consuming 360-degree video news by extending the technology acceptance model (TAM). Among the three motives for watching 360-degree video news, pursuit of entertaining information and pursuit of usefulness both significantly influence audience attitudes towards 360-degree video news. This is because of the perceived usefulness of the medium. Implications for research and practice are discussed.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"11 1","pages":"327 - 346"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89945541","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2022.2137239
Alison McAdam, Kristy Hess
ABSTRACT There is increasing scholarship marking a geographic turn in journalism studies. It focuses on examining the digital and physical terrain that audiences, sources and newsmakers traverse, and emphasises the spaces and places of news and knowledge production. This paper complements the trend by exploring how journalism scholars have adopted the idea of ‘mapping’ in this contemporary research. We present a four-part typology of mapping within the journalism field: cartographic, network, spatial cognitive and metaphorical. The paper argues for the importance of journalism scholars being able to more strongly align and justify the use of mapping in their work, and explores the complexities and opportunities that maps may present to enrich their research.
{"title":"Navigating the terrain: a typology of mapping in journalism studies","authors":"Alison McAdam, Kristy Hess","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2022.2137239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2137239","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT There is increasing scholarship marking a geographic turn in journalism studies. It focuses on examining the digital and physical terrain that audiences, sources and newsmakers traverse, and emphasises the spaces and places of news and knowledge production. This paper complements the trend by exploring how journalism scholars have adopted the idea of ‘mapping’ in this contemporary research. We present a four-part typology of mapping within the journalism field: cartographic, network, spatial cognitive and metaphorical. The paper argues for the importance of journalism scholars being able to more strongly align and justify the use of mapping in their work, and explores the complexities and opportunities that maps may present to enrich their research.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"39 1","pages":"278 - 290"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79721986","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2022.2137248
Zoe Drew, J. Fulton, P. McIntyre
ABSTRACT Social media influencers (SMIs) are having a profound impact on how diners seek information about culinary establishments and are redefining how the marketing industry promotes restaurants and brands. Although research has confirmed the value of an SMI’s electronic word of mouth (eWOM) endorsement on brand recognition and purchase intention, there is limited understanding of the creative practice of these individuals. To address this gap, this research examines Instagram food influencers in Australia, using the systems model of creativity to frame the research. This research found that as an individual agent in a system, Instagram food influencers are impacted by their personal experiences, their immersion in cultural domains, their understanding of the field’s preferences and engagement with its social system when creating content. These findings indicate that the systems model of creativity is a sound framework to understand the creative practice of SMIs.
{"title":"#foodporn: examining Instagram food influencers through the systems model of creativity","authors":"Zoe Drew, J. Fulton, P. McIntyre","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2022.2137248","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2137248","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Social media influencers (SMIs) are having a profound impact on how diners seek information about culinary establishments and are redefining how the marketing industry promotes restaurants and brands. Although research has confirmed the value of an SMI’s electronic word of mouth (eWOM) endorsement on brand recognition and purchase intention, there is limited understanding of the creative practice of these individuals. To address this gap, this research examines Instagram food influencers in Australia, using the systems model of creativity to frame the research. This research found that as an individual agent in a system, Instagram food influencers are impacted by their personal experiences, their immersion in cultural domains, their understanding of the field’s preferences and engagement with its social system when creating content. These findings indicate that the systems model of creativity is a sound framework to understand the creative practice of SMIs.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"22 1","pages":"308 - 326"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73691890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2022.2151207
Terence Lee
{"title":"Transition is continuous","authors":"Terence Lee","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2022.2151207","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2151207","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"36 1","pages":"259 - 260"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75900388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-10-02DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2022.2137244
Kim Borg, Jim Curtis, J. Lindsay
ABSTRACT When excerpts from documentaries about plastic waste are shared on social media, they can increase problem awareness among millions of users. However, they can also inadvertently discourage plastic avoidance by emphasising the scale of the problem and undesirable social norms. An online experiment was undertaken with 1,001 respondents to test if exposure to social media friendly video clips from documentaries about plastic waste influenced plastic avoidance perceptions and behaviours. While social norm perceptions differed depending on how the issue was presented and who delivered the message, the clips were most effective in sensitising the market by promoting the benefits of avoidance, increasing policy support, and increasing willingness to communicate about the issue. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
{"title":"Communicating ‘normal’ behaviour: a randomised controlled trial experimenting with plastic avoidance media messages","authors":"Kim Borg, Jim Curtis, J. Lindsay","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2022.2137244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2137244","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT When excerpts from documentaries about plastic waste are shared on social media, they can increase problem awareness among millions of users. However, they can also inadvertently discourage plastic avoidance by emphasising the scale of the problem and undesirable social norms. An online experiment was undertaken with 1,001 respondents to test if exposure to social media friendly video clips from documentaries about plastic waste influenced plastic avoidance perceptions and behaviours. While social norm perceptions differed depending on how the issue was presented and who delivered the message, the clips were most effective in sensitising the market by promoting the benefits of avoidance, increasing policy support, and increasing willingness to communicate about the issue. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"27 1","pages":"291 - 307"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83423785","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/22041451.2022.2056424
W. Lin
ABSTRACT There has been a rapid increase in attack politics and an inoculation approach is considered to be a promising strategy to resolve the problem. Inoculation theory posits that, through cognitive processing, the likelihood of resistance to attitude change can be enhanced by applying inoculation treatments containing threat components that motivate individuals to generate counter arguments. This study examines the efficacy of inoculation by employing inoculation strategies with a field experiment in an international context. The major hypotheses in this study were supported by empirical data. People receiving inoculation pretreatments conferred more resistance to attitude change following exposure to a political attack message. Moreover, people who had higher strength of support for candidates were more resistant to counter-attitudinal attacks. Further, this study assesses and discusses the nuances of inoculation theory and its applications, especially the implementation and potential of inoculation applications in international political campaigning.
{"title":"Applying inoculation theory in international political campaigns: Analysing public opinion on campaign issues toward Taiwan–PRC relations","authors":"W. Lin","doi":"10.1080/22041451.2022.2056424","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/22041451.2022.2056424","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT There has been a rapid increase in attack politics and an inoculation approach is considered to be a promising strategy to resolve the problem. Inoculation theory posits that, through cognitive processing, the likelihood of resistance to attitude change can be enhanced by applying inoculation treatments containing threat components that motivate individuals to generate counter arguments. This study examines the efficacy of inoculation by employing inoculation strategies with a field experiment in an international context. The major hypotheses in this study were supported by empirical data. People receiving inoculation pretreatments conferred more resistance to attitude change following exposure to a political attack message. Moreover, people who had higher strength of support for candidates were more resistant to counter-attitudinal attacks. Further, this study assesses and discusses the nuances of inoculation theory and its applications, especially the implementation and potential of inoculation applications in international political campaigning.","PeriodicalId":10644,"journal":{"name":"Communication Research and Practice","volume":"173 1","pages":"214 - 228"},"PeriodicalIF":1.2,"publicationDate":"2022-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79578465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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