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informational utility: a standalone construct

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informationalutility1 CONSTRUCTInformational utilityKNOBLOCH-WESTERWICK · MEDIA

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Media use

the expected usefulness of news for one's own life, judged from magnitude, likelihood and immediacy of a threat or opportunity, driving selective exposure.

In media use, informational utility refers to the expected usefulness of news for one's own life, judged from magnitude, likelihood and immediacy of a threat or opportunity, driving selective exposure. This meaning comes from Knobloch-Westerwick (2005) in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly.[1]

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exposure6 fields · 13 citationsjingle · one name, six constructslikelihood3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructsmagnitude4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs

References

  1. Knobloch-Westerwick, S., Carpentier, F. D., Blumhoff, A., & Nickel, N. (2005). Selective Exposure Effects for Positive and Negative News: Testing the Robustness of the Informational Utility Model. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 82(1), 181-195. https://doi.org/10.1177/107769900508200112

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