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Virtual hype meets reality: Users’ perception of immersive journalism
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This study responds to recent calls to investigate how media users perceive virtual reality technology in journalism. Within a uses and gratifications framework, focus group participants were asked to experience recent immersive journalistic productions and discuss their reactions. Six distinct gratifications were identified, which cluster into gratifications related to experience, affect, and action. Despite clear reservations about the technology, users see great potential for journalistic use. If employed responsibly, users think virtual reality can add considerable value to mainstream journalistic productions, potentially boosting engagement and trust. Researchers and practitioners can benefit from this initial study of users’ impressions of and reactions to immersive journalism.
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“Scholars also started to examine the uses and gratifications of VR for various purposes, such as tourism and journalism (Kim et al., 2020; Nielsen and Sheets, 2019).”
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“Furthermore, previous UGT VR studies focus on content rather than hardware (Kim et al., 2020; Nielsen and Sheets, 2019).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Nielsen, S. L., & Sheets, P.
- Affiliations
- University of Amsterdam (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Nielsen, Søren Lund
- Venue
- Journalism
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2019-08-20
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 2637-2653
- ISSN
- 1464-8849 (ISSN-L)
- 1741-3001
- OpenAlex
- W2969446580
- Cited by
- 62
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 4 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 15 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 6
- FWCI
- 13.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Journalism (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- UvA-DARE (University of Amsterdam) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Communication › News Media Framing and Political Communication
- Social Sciences › Communication › Journalism and Media Studies
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts
- Keywords
- immersive journalism, virtual reality, user perception, uses and gratifications theory, media users, audience engagement, trust in journalism
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