Readers' Motivations to Participate in Hyperlocal News Content Creation

dc.contributor.authorVäätäjä, Heli
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-08T11:45:10Z
dc.date.available2023-06-08T11:45:10Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractReaders are increasingly participating to news content creation by submitting user-generated content (UGC). We studied the participation motivations of active readers who send photo content to a hyperlocal news publisher. The first results based on an online questionnaire indicate that fun, the opportunity to get a monetary reward and informing others of local issues are the strongest motivators. In addition, participation to the news making activity and self-expression are important motivations. Those who intentionally planned and searched for topics to report with photos, reported more often the opportunity for extra income and development as a photographer as participation motivations than those, who captured photos when a good topic came about.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/2389176.2389234
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/4963
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 2012 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work
dc.subjectmotivation
dc.subjectugc
dc.subjecthyperlocal
dc.subjectparticipatory journalism
dc.subjectphoto
dc.subjectcrowdsourcing
dc.subjectcontent
dc.subjectparticipation
dc.subjectnews
dc.titleReaders' Motivations to Participate in Hyperlocal News Content Creationen
gi.citation.publisherPlaceNew York, NY, USA
gi.citation.startPage309–312
gi.conference.locationSanibel Island, Florida, USA

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