A1 Journal article (refereed)
From the barbecue to the sauna : a comparative account of the folding of media reception into the everyday life (2022)
Boczkowski, P. J., Suenzo, F., Mitchelstein, E., Kligler-Vilenchik, N., Tenenboim-Weinblatt, K., Hayashi, K., & Villi, M. (2022). From the barbecue to the sauna : a comparative account of the folding of media reception into the everyday life. New Media and Society, 24(12), 2725-2742. https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448211000314
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Boczkowski, Pablo J; Suenzo, Facundo; Mitchelstein, Eugenia; Kligler-Vilenchik, Neta; Tenenboim-Weinblatt, Keren; Hayashi, Kaori; Villi, Mikko
Journal or series: New Media and Society
ISSN: 1461-4448
eISSN: 1461-7315
Publication year: 2022
Publication date: 17/03/2021
Volume: 24
Issue number: 12
Pages range: 2725-2742
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication country: United Kingdom
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/14614448211000314
Publication open access: Not open
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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/85600
Abstract
How and why do people still get print newspapers in an era dominated by mobile and social media communication? In this article, we answer this question about the permanence of traditional media in a digital media ecosystem by analyzing 488 semi-structured interviews conducted in Argentina, Finland, Israel, Japan, and the United States. We focus on three mechanisms of media reception: access, sociality, and ritualization. Our findings show that these mechanisms are decisively shaped by patterns of everyday life that are not captured by the scholarly foci on either content- or technology-influences on media use. Thus, we argue that a non-media centric approach improves descriptive fit and adds heuristic power by bringing a wider lens into crucial mechanisms of media reception in ways that expand the conceptual toolkit that scholars can utilize to analyze the role of media in everyday life.
Keywords: media; media culture; media use; newspapers; societal change; digitalisation; comparative research; international comparison
Free keywords: comparative qualitative research; media change; media persistence; media reception; journalism
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Ministry reporting: Yes
VIRTA submission year: 2022
JUFO rating: 3