A longitudinal study on the effects of motivational mobile application uses on online news engagement. (30th March 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kim, Ji Won; Park, Sunyoung; Sang, Yoonmo
• Is Part Of: International journal of mobile communications. Volume 18:Number 3(2020)
• Page Start: 327
• Page End: 342
• Publication Date: 2020-03-30
• Subjects: mobile facilitation hypothesis -- uses and gratification -- four-wave panel survey -- structural equation modelling -- mobile application -- informational use -- recreational use -- relational use -- online news engagement -- South Korea; Mobile communication systems -- Periodicals; Wireless communication systems -- Periodicals; 384.53
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1470-949X

Abstract

Based on four-wave panel data, this study explored the relationships between different uses of motivational mobile applications and online news engagement. Three motivational mobile application uses - informational, recreational, and relational - were identified and rank-ordered according to respondents' everyday mobile application preferences. Results showed that only relational mobile application use had positive relationships with online news engagement. Results further indicate that over the four-year period examined (2013-2016) only the use of relational mobile application led to continuous growth of online news engagement. This study advances the literature on mobile communication not only by introducing results of a longitudinal study that challenge and support conflicting previous findings but that also provide support for the possibility of the mobile facilitation hypothesis.