An empirical evaluation of the User Engagement Scale (UES) in online news environments. Issue 4 (July 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: O'Brien, Heather; Cairns, Paul
• Is Part Of: Information processing & management. Volume 51:Issue 4(2015:Jul.)
• Page Start: 413
• Page End: 427
• Publication Date: 2015-07
• Subjects: Information storage and retrieval systems -- Periodicals; Information science -- Periodicals; Systèmes d'information -- Périodiques; Sciences de l'information -- Périodiques; Information science; Information storage and retrieval systems; Periodicals; 658.4038
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2015.03.003
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-4573

Abstract

<abstract xml:lang="en" abstract-type="author-highlights" id="ab005"> <title id="st125">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="sp0005"> <list id="l0005"> <list-item id="o0005"> <label></label> <p id="p0380">We examined the robustness of the User Engagement Scale (UES).</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0010"> <label></label> <p id="p0385">Three studies were conducted in Canada and the United Kingdom.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0015"> <label></label> <p id="p0390">The UES sub-scales were reliable across three samples of online news browser.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0020"> <label></label> <p id="p0395">A four-factor structure, rather than six, may be more appropriate.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="o0025"> <label></label> <p id="p0400">The UES differentiated between online news sources and experimental conditions.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>