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Patterns and Motivations Predicting Mobile Hard News and Soft News Consumption: The Case of the UAE

Patterns and Motivations Predicting Mobile Hard News and Soft News Consumption: The Case of the UAE

Hamza Saad, Mahinaz Hamza
Copyright: © 2021 |Volume: 12 |Issue: 3 |Pages: 18
ISSN: 1947-9247|EISSN: 1947-9255|EISBN13: 9781799861386|DOI: 10.4018/IJCRMM.2021070104
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Saad, Hamza, and Mahinaz Hamza. "Patterns and Motivations Predicting Mobile Hard News and Soft News Consumption: The Case of the UAE." IJCRMM vol.12, no.3 2021: pp.49-66. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCRMM.2021070104

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Saad, H. & Hamza, M. (2021). Patterns and Motivations Predicting Mobile Hard News and Soft News Consumption: The Case of the UAE. International Journal of Customer Relationship Marketing and Management (IJCRMM), 12(3), 49-66. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCRMM.2021070104

Chicago

Saad, Hamza, and Mahinaz Hamza. "Patterns and Motivations Predicting Mobile Hard News and Soft News Consumption: The Case of the UAE," International Journal of Customer Relationship Marketing and Management (IJCRMM) 12, no.3: 49-66. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJCRMM.2021070104

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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine Emirati university students' usage of smartphones as a news resource. In addition to the motivations, patterns, and relationships between hard news and soft news consumption and the different gratifications sought, this study adopted perspectives from the both the uses and gratifications and media displacement theories and utilized a quantitative research design. Data was collected from 488 undergraduate students between February 2019 and March 2019. Results revealed that students were interested in both hard and soft news, but there was 7% more soft news consumption by students. Additionally, results revealed that smartphones have become students' main source of news as they allow them to find information easily. When assessing the relationships and dynamics between mobile news and the gratifications sought, results revealed that the convenience gratification was the only predictor of both mobile soft news and hard news out of all the gratifications offered.

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