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Cédric Courtois - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Studying audiovisual Media Consumption in the age of convergence
2020Co-Authors: Cédric CourtoisAbstract:In recent years, the choices to consume audiovisual content have increased steadily. Due to the digitization process of audiovisual workflows, digital content is abundantly available through various channels. Likewise, the diversity in devices to play back this digital content has increased exponentially. It is no longer the sole prerogative of the television set. Different forms of computers and mobile devices have joined the field too. Consequently, the number of spatial and social contexts that afford the Consumption of audiovisual content is potentially increasing. The question now arises how these three diversifying components (content, device and context) interact with each other. Therefore, we subscribe to the concept of a triple articulation of Media technologies that is rooted within domestication theory (Hartmann, 2006). It postulates that Media technologies are meaningful in their physical presence (object), their capabilities to transfer meaningful messages (Media text) and their contextual encapsulation (context). However, the question remains whether such a three-fold approach is manageable and relevant (Hartmann, 2006; Livingstone, 2007). In my presentation, based on an empirical multi-method study, I demonstrate the practical relevance of the triple articulation concept in audiovisual Media Consumption within the context of convergence. Moreover, I discuss its implications and formulate recommendations concerning the adoption of this perspective in future research on audiovisual Media Consumption. For instance, it has the potential of serving as a framework to study relevant factors in the formation and exercise of Media habits and everyday routines.
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Understanding today's convergent news Media Consumption through a triple articulation lens
2020Co-Authors: Steve Paulussen, Cédric Courtois, Laura VelgheAbstract:Today's news Media environment is becoming increasingly pervasive and ubiquitous. As such, it becomes quite hard for communication researchers to approach the apparent complexity of Media consumers\' everyday practices. In older days, Media environments were rather straight forward, whereas today, due to the increasing trend of technological convergence, this Media environment is rendered tremendously complex and hard to grasp; the boundaries between Media and the ways we use them have collided (Jenkins, 2006) or liquefied (Deuze, 2011). Right now, various technological objects are used to consume a myriad of news materials, either in audiovisual or written form. Moreover, this Consumption is nested in every possible scene of the everyday, as well in spatial as in social terms. Hence, we rather live in Media than with Media (Deuze, 2011), which brings about an abundance of possible news Media repertoires. In this paper, we demonstrate a novel methodological approach to grasp this complexity in news Consumption. Its theoretical foundations lie within domestication theory (Silverstone & Haddon, 1996), which represents the so-called ethnographic turn in audience research. Rather than just centring on Media texts, it also incited to take into account contextual surrounding of Media Consumption, especially within the perimeter of the everyday. One of the major attractors of is the recognition of Media meanings as derived from two distinct articulations: the affording objects on the one hand, and the Media text itself on the other hand. Although context has always been of the utmost importance, domestication scholars often lost themselves in overly contextual descriptions, basically ignoring these texts and objects. In a recent theoretical and methodological account, Courtois et al. (in press) propose a triple articulation as a framework to study convergent Media Consumption, addressing equal weights to object, text and socio-spatial context meanings. In fact, socio-spatial context is conceived as a specific articulation because these meaningful circumstances constantly change throughout the day. As such, it has become one of the three crucial interacting components that direct people's meaning making process when it comes to their Media Consumption. The proposed methodology entails a semi-structured face-to-face interview based on photo-elicited card sorts of objects, texts and socio-spatial context. It is directed towards uncovering the influence each articulation exercises in making up the overall meaning of Media Consumption. More specifically, it allows uncovering the specific roles of objects, texts and socio-spatial contexts in diverse Media Consumption repertoires. The results clearly show that each of the proposed articulation plays crucial roles in understanding why people use the news Media in the way they do: although each articulation has the potential to affect meaning, it is clear that there is a deepening divide between news Media consumers. Nonetheless, drawing upon insights in the everyday, this paper for instance helps to understand why some certain proportion of consumers stick to traditional news Media repertoires, while others fully embrace modern technological means like smartphones, in a wide array of contexts.
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the triple articulation of Media technologies in audiovisual Media Consumption
Television & New Media, 2013Co-Authors: Cédric Courtois, Pieter Verdegem, Lieven De MarezAbstract:This article departs from the concept of “double articulation” within domestication theory, which views Media as both objects and texts. Unfortunately, its empirical application has been problematic because researchers tend to concentrate on the contextual, losing sight of specific meanings of objects and texts. Therefore, we subscribe to the concept of “triple articulation,” viewing the imMediate sociospatial context of Consumption as a specific articulation. Still, the practical relevance of this concept has been questioned. Therefore, we develop and test a methodology that explicitly incorporates this triple articulation in the field of convergent audiovisual Media Consumption. The results indicate that audiovisual Media technologies are meaningfully articulated as objects, texts, and contexts. Moreover, the devised method, which allows the uncovering of articulation interactions, points out that each articulation is able to contribute independently to Consumption meanings. Hence, the variation within objects, texts, and contexts raises questions about what we consider “television.”
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The triple articulation of Media technologies in teenage Media Consumption
New Media & Society, 2011Co-Authors: Cédric Courtois, Peter Mechant, Steve Paulussen, Lieven De MarezAbstract:This study explores the meaning of teenagers’ Media Consumption in terms of identity formation and autonomy attainment. In domestication theory, Media Consumption is conceptualized as the interplay of both Media object and content. However, in practical applications, the notion of object has usually been snowed under by contextual descriptions. In response, this article draws upon the concept of a triple articulation that, next to Media text, separates the object and the context. Using a multi-method study, we empirically demonstrate the relevance of separating the object and context dimensions in understanding Media Consumption. This is especially relevant in the current age of convergence in which Media scholars are confronted with a changing Media landscape, characterized by content that is increasingly device- and context-independent, while a broad range of devices are appropriated in a multitude of contexts.
Wieland Kiess - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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reciprocal longitudinal associations between adolescents Media Consumption and sleep
Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 2019Co-Authors: Tanja Poulain, Mandy Vogel, Theresa Buzek, Jon Genuneit, Andreas Hiemisch, Wieland KiessAbstract:ABSTRACTBackground/Objective: Associations between adolescents’ sleep and their Media Consumption have been shown in several cross-sectional studies. However, longitudinal investigations are still ...
Lieven De Marez - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the triple articulation of Media technologies in audiovisual Media Consumption
Television & New Media, 2013Co-Authors: Cédric Courtois, Pieter Verdegem, Lieven De MarezAbstract:This article departs from the concept of “double articulation” within domestication theory, which views Media as both objects and texts. Unfortunately, its empirical application has been problematic because researchers tend to concentrate on the contextual, losing sight of specific meanings of objects and texts. Therefore, we subscribe to the concept of “triple articulation,” viewing the imMediate sociospatial context of Consumption as a specific articulation. Still, the practical relevance of this concept has been questioned. Therefore, we develop and test a methodology that explicitly incorporates this triple articulation in the field of convergent audiovisual Media Consumption. The results indicate that audiovisual Media technologies are meaningfully articulated as objects, texts, and contexts. Moreover, the devised method, which allows the uncovering of articulation interactions, points out that each articulation is able to contribute independently to Consumption meanings. Hence, the variation within objects, texts, and contexts raises questions about what we consider “television.”
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The triple articulation of Media technologies in teenage Media Consumption
New Media & Society, 2011Co-Authors: Cédric Courtois, Peter Mechant, Steve Paulussen, Lieven De MarezAbstract:This study explores the meaning of teenagers’ Media Consumption in terms of identity formation and autonomy attainment. In domestication theory, Media Consumption is conceptualized as the interplay of both Media object and content. However, in practical applications, the notion of object has usually been snowed under by contextual descriptions. In response, this article draws upon the concept of a triple articulation that, next to Media text, separates the object and the context. Using a multi-method study, we empirically demonstrate the relevance of separating the object and context dimensions in understanding Media Consumption. This is especially relevant in the current age of convergence in which Media scholars are confronted with a changing Media landscape, characterized by content that is increasingly device- and context-independent, while a broad range of devices are appropriated in a multitude of contexts.
Bingchun Meng - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Underdetermined globalization: Media Consumption via P2P networks
2020Co-Authors: Bingchun MengAbstract:So far, research on Media and globalization has focused mainly on the global circulation of Media products through formal channels. Few works study the distribution and Consumption of Media content via informal and sometimes illegal routes such as peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing. This study analyzes the Chinese online volunteer community of Zimuzu—Internet-based groups that translate foreign Media content into Chinese subtitles—to explore the cultural significance of creative Media Consumption via P2P networks. This article lays out the theoretical framework for understanding power on digital networks to try to capture the power relations at the institutional and individual levels. It examines Zimuzu by looking at (a) the operation of Zimuzu within the Chinese context of Media market and state regulation; and (b) how Zimuzu localize Western Media content through their subtitle translations. My findings attempt to situate this study in debates on Media Consumption in a global networked society.
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Piracy Cultures| Underdetermined Globalization: Media Consumption via P2P Networks
International Journal of Communication, 2012Co-Authors: Bingchun MengAbstract:So far, research on Media and globalization has focused mainly on the global circulation of Media products through formal channels. Few works study the distribution and Consumption of Media content via informal and sometimes illegal routes such as peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing. This study analyzes the Chinese online volunteer community of Zimuzu—Internet-based groups that translate foreign Media content into Chinese subtitles—to explore the cultural significance of creative Media Consumption via P2P networks. This article lays out the theoretical framework for understanding power on digital networks to try to capture the power relations at the institutional and individual levels. It examines Zimuzu by looking at (a) the operation of Zimuzu within the Chinese context of Media market and state regulation; and (b) how Zimuzu localize Western Media content through their subtitle translations. My findings attempt to situate this study in debates on Media Consumption in a global networked society.
Jonathan Intravia - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Investigating the Influence of Social Media Consumption on Punitive Attitudes Among a Sample of U.S. University Students
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, 2018Co-Authors: Jonathan IntraviaAbstract:Prior research suggests that Media Consumption influences attitudes toward punitiveness. Traditionally, prior efforts have generally examined television news and crime-related programming. However, less is known whether more contemporary forms of Media Consumption, such as social Media, are related to punitive attitudes. Using a multisite sample of more than 900 mostly young adults, the current study examines (a) the relationship between four types of social Media Consumption (overall, general news, crime-specific content, and punishment-specific content) on penal attitudes and (b) whether these relationships vary based on key characteristics. Results reveal that individuals who consume punishment-specific content on social Media are significantly more likely to have stronger attitudes regarding the use of punishment and this relationship varies by fear of crime. Findings and directions for future research are discussed.
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Investigating the relationship between social Media Consumption and fear of crime
Computers in Human Behavior, 2017Co-Authors: Jonathan Intravia, Kevin T. Wolff, Rocio Paez, Benjamin R. GibbsAbstract:Theories of Media effects have long established a link between Media Consumption and fear of crime. To date, prior investigations have almost exclusively focused on traditional types of Media content (e.g., television news) or entertainment Media (e.g., crime-related shows). However, less is known how social Media Consumption may influence individuals' levels of fear. Using data collected from a multisite sample of mostly young adults, the present study assesses: (1) the relationship between various types of social Media Consumption (overall, general news, and crime-related content) and fear of crime and (2) whether these relationships differ based on key audience characteristics. Findings reveal that overall social Media Consumption is significantly related to fear of crime and this relationship varies by perceptions of safety. The relationship between social Media Consumption and fear of crime is examined.Greater social Media Consumption is related to fear among adults.This relationship varies by perceived safety.
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Investigating the Effects of Media Consumption on Attitudes Toward Police Legitimacy
Deviant Behavior, 2017Co-Authors: Jonathan Intravia, Kevin T. Wolff, Alex R. PiqueroAbstract:Prior investigations have examined both traditional Media (e.g., television news) and entertainment Media (e.g., crime-related shows) on policing-related outcomes; however, less is known how contemporary forms of Media, such as the Internet and social Media, may affect policing-related outcomes. Using a sample of young adults, the current study examines the effect of multiple types of Media Consumption (traditional, entertainment, the Internet, and social Media) on attitudes toward police legitimacy. Findings reveal that respondents who read news online are more likely to have negative attitudes toward police legitimacy. However, when individual differences are controlled for, the effect of reading news online is weakened and using social Media becomes marginally significant. Further, the impact of Media Consumption on attitudes toward police legitimacy varies by key audience characteristics.