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THE USES AND MISUSES OF USES AND GRATIFICATIONS
Abstract
Four conceptual problems require resolution if the uses and gratifications approach to mass communication studies is to be maximally productive: a vague conceptual framework; lack of precision in major concepts; a confused explanatory apparatus; and failure to view perception as an active process. Consideration of the current state of the uses and gratifications approach suggests the need for conceptual analysis if the approach is to unambiguously inform the research enterprise.
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“Only one study 10 has evaluated the impact of friend-networking sites on users.”
From MySpace and Facebook: Applying the Uses and Gratifications Theory to Exploring Friend-Networking Sites (2008) · cites this paper as [10]
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“This study assessed the impact of friendnetworking sites (i.e., MySpace and Facebook) on adolescent well-being.”
From MySpace and Facebook: Applying the Uses and Gratifications Theory to Exploring Friend-Networking Sites (2008) · cites this paper as [10]
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“Results showed the more an adolescent frequented friend-networking sites, the greater the likelihood his or her social well-being was impacted by information received from that site (by way of posted messages from other users).”
From MySpace and Facebook: Applying the Uses and Gratifications Theory to Exploring Friend-Networking Sites (2008) · cites this paper as [10]
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New Directions and Developments
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- DELIA J., 1975, Mimeo, Department of Speech Communication, 62, 361
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Uses and Gratifications Theory in the 21st Century
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“Advocating the idea of active audience, the theory guides the assessment of users’ motivations of media use and access [13] and the understanding of social and psychological factors influencing media use[14] [15] [16].”
BackgroundRelations Between Gratifications Sought and Obtained: A Study of Television News
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Uses and Gratifications and Exposure To Public Television: A Discrepancy Approach
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Metadata
- Authors
- SWANSON, D. L.
- Affiliations
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Corresponding author
- SWANSON, DAVID L.
- Venue
- Human Communication Research
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 1977-03
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 214-221
- ISSN
- 0360-3989 (ISSN-L)
- 1468-2958
- OpenAlex
- W1988476883
- Cited by
- 109
- References
- 8
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 44.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Human Communication Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › News Media Framing and Political Communication
- Social Sciences › Communication › Media Influence and Health
- Social Sciences › Communication › Media and Digital Communication
- Keywords
- uses and gratifications theory, mass communication, conceptual analysis, audience gratification, explanatory models, conceptual clarity
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