Mediated messages flood our daily lives, through virtually endless choices of media
channels, genres, and content. However, selectivity determines what media messages we …

Over-the-top video streaming (OTT) platforms, by their consummate artistry, are changing
how people watch television. No past research has investigated the relationship between …

Through a large-scale national survey, this study provided the first comprehensive
examination of podcast users in the United States from the perspectives of motivation and …

This article responds to recent calls for conceptual and methodological refinement, issued
by uses-and-gratifications scholars (;), for studying emergent media. Noting that studies on …

This research is designed to empirically investigate how social media needs and innovation
influence the adoption of social media amongst Internet users. The theoretical perspective of …

In this article, we explore how binge-watching culture and technology are changing the ways
viewers understand and interact with television. We propose that the motives and rituals of …

Abstract “Binge-watching” represents a radical shift for twenty-first century media
consumption. Why do people select this method of television viewing? A survey …

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to explore various motivations that influence college
students to spend more time binge watching and the subsequent gratifications. Video …

Emerging convergent platforms of sociality online generate public interest and invite a
reconsideration of traditional theoretical paradigms of media research. Social network sites …

Through analysis of five focus groups with people who “usually (more often than not)
listened to at least one podcast episode a week” in the last two months, this uses and …