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  • Competitive pressure and arousing television news: a cross-cultural study

    • Authors: Paul Hendriks Vettehen; Shuhua Zhou; Mariska Kleemans; Leen D'Haenens; Trisha T.C. Lin (2012)

  • In many scholarly writings about journalism, the idea can be found that competitive pressure urges journalists to make news more arousing. This hypothesis was tested in two cultural settings: the Western European culture and the Chinese-dominated culture. A total of 3028 TV news stories from seven different markets, or 12 different news programs, were analyzed on the presence of arousing news characteristics. High competitive pressure at the market level appeared to contribute to the prevalence of arousing news, but this effect was more pronounced in the Chinese-dominated culture than in the Western European culture. Effects of high competitive pressure at the station level were only ...
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  • Content characteristics of IPTV: analysis of sensationalism, localism, and interactivity

    • Authors: Trisha T.C. Lin; Shuhua Zhou; Di Cui (2014)

  • This study combined observation and content analysis to examine professional Internet Protocol television (IPTV) content in terms of sensationalism, localism, and interactivity. Observational results found these videos were sensational, localized, and somewhat interactive. Content analysis showed that IPTV was different from tradi-tional TV content in that it used more sensational sex and celebrity stories, used more tabloid packaging, and appealed more to emotions through vivid storytelling techni-ques, in both entertainment and news content. In addition, localism was reflected in the selection of geographically and culturally proximate stories. The ‘local hook’ was more important in...
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  • Factors affecting the adoption of social network sites: examining four adopter categories of Singapore's working adults

    • Authors: Trisha T.C. Lin; Vicki C.H. Chiu; Wendy Lim (2011)

  • Adapted from Chang et al.’s (2006) models, this study examines factors that influence adoption and non-adoption of social network sites (SNS) in adopters (Continuers, Discontinuers) and non-adopters (Potentials, Resistors). Chi-square and t-test were used to analyze the survey data of Singapore’s working adults and Internet users (N ^222). The findings reveal innovation characteristics (relative advantage, compatibility, complexity) and perceived popularity differ signifi-cantly in three pairs of adopter categories. Results show Continuers and Potentials are concerned more about image than Discontinuers and Resistors, while technology cluster differs between adopter vs. non-adopter an...
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  • Professional intervention and organizational incorporation: examining journalistic use of microblogs in two Chinese newsrooms

    • Authors: Di Cui; Trisha T.C. Lin (2015)

  • Existing research has widely accounted the influence of microblogs on traditional news production, but less attention has been paid to how microblogs are socially constructed in newsrooms. Taking the social constructivist approach, this study explored the professional and organizational construction of journalistic use of microblogs. We conducted 33 in-depth interviews with news workers at two local newspapers in China and a textual analysis of their microblog posts. We found that Chinese news workers heavily stressed professional values and journalistic authority, which set limits to information appropriation and self-expression on microblogs. Production culture, organization policy...
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  • The development of mobile broadcasting TV: a socio-technical comparison of Singapore and Taiwan

    • Authors: Trisha T.C. Lin; Yu-li Liu (2011)

  • Among studies on emerging mobile broadcasting TV, theories for cross-country comparisons have seldom been applied. This paper investigates market trials of mobile broadcasting TV in Singapore and Taiwan. It uses a socio-technical perspective to examine complex relations between the co-evolving subsystems of industry/market, policy, and technology. This paper advances the understanding of how this mobile technology will evolve by interviewing key stakeholders in industry players and regulators. After Taiwan announced its mobile TV policy in December 2009, Singapore has remained indecisive. The findings show that Singapore is likely to choose the DVB-H standard and adopt the subscriptio...