The overstated generational gap in online news use? A consolidated infrastructural perspective

Mangold, Frank; Stier, Sebastian; Breuer, Johannes; Scharkow, Michael

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dc.contributor.author	Mangold, Frank	de
dc.contributor.author	Stier, Sebastian	de
dc.contributor.author	Breuer, Johannes	de
dc.contributor.author	Scharkow, Michael	de
dc.date.accessioned	2021-02-15T14:46:58Z
dc.date.available	2021-02-15T14:46:58Z
dc.date.issued	2021	de
dc.identifier.issn	1461-7315	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/71610
dc.description.abstract	Recent research by Taneja et al. suggested that digital infrastructures diminish the generational gap in news use by counteracting preference structures. We expand on this seminal work by arguing that an infrastructural perspective requires overcoming limitations of highly aggregated web tracking data used in prior research. We analyze the individual browsing histories of two representative samples of German Internet users collected in 2012 (N = 2970) and 2018 (N = 2045) and find robust evidence for a smaller generational gap in online news use than commonly assumed. While short news website visits mostly demonstrated infrastructural factors, longer news use episodes were shaped more by preferences. The infrastructural role of social media corresponded with reduced news avoidance and more varied news repertoires. Overall, the results suggest that research needs to reconsider commonly held premises regarding the uses of digital media in modern high-choice settings.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	News media, journalism, publishing	en
dc.subject.ddc	Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen	de
dc.subject.other	Digital infrastructures; generations; media repertoires; online news; preferences; social media; web tracking	de
dc.title	The overstated generational gap in online news use? A consolidated infrastructural perspective	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	New Media & Society
dc.publisher.country	USA
dc.subject.classoz	Interactive, electronic Media	en
dc.subject.classoz	interaktive, elektronische Medien	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Bundesrepublik Deutschland	de
dc.subject.thesoz	sample	en
dc.subject.thesoz	generation	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Internet	en
dc.subject.thesoz	preference	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Medien	de
dc.subject.thesoz	utilization	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Twitter	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Soziale Medien	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Federal Republic of Germany	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Medienverhalten	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Infrastruktur	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Stichprobe	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Online-Medien	de
dc.subject.thesoz	facebook	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Facebook	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Nachrichten	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Digitale Medien	de
dc.subject.thesoz	representativity	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Generation	de
dc.subject.thesoz	social media	en
dc.subject.thesoz	infrastructure	en
dc.subject.thesoz	media behavior	en
dc.subject.thesoz	twitter	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Nutzung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Präferenz	de
dc.subject.thesoz	online media	en
dc.subject.thesoz	news	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Repräsentativität	de
dc.subject.thesoz	Internet	de
dc.subject.thesoz	altersspezifische Faktoren	de
dc.subject.thesoz	age-specific factors	en
dc.subject.thesoz	digital media	en
dc.subject.thesoz	media	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-71610-8
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0	en
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0	de
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dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
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dc.source.pageinfo	1-20	de
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444821989972	de
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