Online news engagement

Authors
Publication date 2025
Host editors
  • A. Nai
  • M. Grömping
  • D. Wirtz
Book title Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication
ISBN
  • 9781035301430
ISBN (electronic)
  • 9781035301447
  • 9781035369799
Series Elgar encyclopedias in the social sciences
Volume | Issue number 3
Pages (from-to) 123-126
Publisher Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam School of Communication Research (ASCoR)
Abstract
Online news engagement can be defined in terms of news use (what content is used for how long and through which channel) and in terms of interaction with news (liking, commenting, sharing). News producers increasingly rely on both types of audience metrics to optimize their products. Political communication researchers study the predictors and consequences of online news engagement. Predictors can be related to the news content, to characteristics of the news users, or to context factors. Consequences refer to political knowledge and participation, but also to the evaluation of news content by the audience and by news producers.
Document type Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035301447.vol3.00034
Other links https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105033827975
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