What Creates Interactivity in Online News Discussions? An Exploratory Analysis of Discussion Factors in User Comments on News Items

被引：118
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作者：
Ziegele, Marc [1 ]
Breiner, Timo [1 ]
Quiring, Oliver [1 ]
机构：
[1] Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz, Dept Commun, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
来源：
JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION | 2014年 / 64卷 / 06期
关键词：
Online News Discussions; User-generated Content; User Comments; Interactivity; Discussion Factors; Discourse Architecture; COMMUNICATION; DEMOCRACY;
D O I：
10.1111/jcom.12123
中图分类号：
G2 [信息与知识传播];
学科分类号：
05 ; 0503 ;
摘要：
While the social, political, and journalistic relevance of user comments on online news items has been discussed intensively, no study has tried to examine why some online news discussions are more interactive than others. Based on the rationale of news value theory, this study argues that so-called discussion factors in user comments indicate general relevance to later users to respond to them. Qualitative interviews with users who comment on news stories online and a quantitative content analysis of 1,580 user comments showed that the discussion factors uncertainty, controversy, comprehensibility, negativity, and personalization can explain interactivity in news discussions. Further, different technological implementations of the comment function seem to have a limited influence on the effects of these discussion factors.
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页码：1111 / 1138
页数：28
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