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Interactivity: a concept explication
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The use of interactivity as a variable in empirical investigations has dramatically increased with the emergence of new communication channels such as the world wide web. Though many scholars have employed the concept in analyses, theoretical and operational definitions are exceedingly scattered and incoherent. Accordingly, the purpose of this project is to engender a detailed explication of interactivity that could bring some consensus to how the concept should be theoretically and operationally defined. Following Chaffee’s (1991) framework for concept explication, we generate new theoretical and operational definitions that may be central to future work in this area. In particular, we suggest that interactivity is both a media and psychological factor that varies across communication technologies, communication contexts, and people’s perceptions.
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“Third-order dependency translates as a relationship between exchanged messages, i.e. reference to earlier transmissions.This condition adds the requirement for an exchange of information, e.g.communication.”
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“Furthermore, scholars have pointed out that interactive experiences do not always have to be 'fast' or in 'real time', as seen in the example of email.”
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- Authors
- Kiousis, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Florida (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kiousis, Spiro
- ORCID
- Kiousis, Spiro
- Venue
- New Media & Society
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2002-09
- Volume
- 4
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 355-383
- ISSN
- 1461-4448 (ISSN-L)
- 1461-7315
- OpenAlex
- W2002803426
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- FWCI
- 12.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- New Media & Society (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- University of Oregon
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › Media and Digital Communication
- Social Sciences › Communication › News Media Framing and Political Communication
- Social Sciences › Communication › Mediatization and Communication for Social Change
- Keywords
- interactivity, theoretical definition, operational definitions, communication technology, communicative situations, user perception, media influence
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