Add to ORKGResearchers points out that social media has become a powerful venue to spread news, both for the news business and the users. Although the news diffusion has become a phenomenon to be reckoned with, we have found no research in Sweden about what motivate users of social media to share news. This thesis work therefore investigates news sharing on the social network Facebook by examining user motives in the light of the media theory uses and gratifications. A web survey was conducted and distributed to students at a Swedish university. The result showed that expression was the strongest motive to share news on Facebook, and the item that was highly valued by the students was to give other valuable information. The result also showed that oth...
Social media have become an important part of everyday communication, and a platform for sharing and...
181 pagesNews sharing has become a common user behavior in social networking services (SNS) and has ...
University students enrolled on the “Media and communication program” in northern Sweden have been i...
Researchers points out that social media has become a powerful venue to spread news, both for the ne...
This thesis work researches what motivates swedish Facebook users to pass along and share informatio...
The present study explored Swedish students’ motives for using Facebook and how those motives were i...
While social media continues to grow, we are seeing more and more companies trying to adapt to the n...
This study looks into the underlying psychological motivations for sharing in social media. Specific...
Recent events indicate that sharing news in social media has become a phenomenon of increasing socia...
The study aims to contribute to the deeper understanding of young Facebook users’ news consumption r...
News delivered by a variety of media channels can impact civic agenda, public opinion, and the frami...
This paper aims to examine what kind of relation social actions have to the sharing behavior on soci...
The (un)restrained share This year Facebook announced that their users have stopped sharing content,...
Abstract Facebook is a giant rising web-community, with millions of new users every year. The possib...
The purpose of our study was to research people’s media habits when it comes to news consumption thr...
Social media have become an important part of everyday communication, and a platform for sharing and...
181 pagesNews sharing has become a common user behavior in social networking services (SNS) and has ...
University students enrolled on the “Media and communication program” in northern Sweden have been i...
Researchers points out that social media has become a powerful venue to spread news, both for the ne...
This thesis work researches what motivates swedish Facebook users to pass along and share informatio...
The present study explored Swedish students’ motives for using Facebook and how those motives were i...
While social media continues to grow, we are seeing more and more companies trying to adapt to the n...
This study looks into the underlying psychological motivations for sharing in social media. Specific...
Recent events indicate that sharing news in social media has become a phenomenon of increasing socia...
The study aims to contribute to the deeper understanding of young Facebook users’ news consumption r...
News delivered by a variety of media channels can impact civic agenda, public opinion, and the frami...
This paper aims to examine what kind of relation social actions have to the sharing behavior on soci...
The (un)restrained share This year Facebook announced that their users have stopped sharing content,...
Abstract Facebook is a giant rising web-community, with millions of new users every year. The possib...
The purpose of our study was to research people’s media habits when it comes to news consumption thr...
Social media have become an important part of everyday communication, and a platform for sharing and...
181 pagesNews sharing has become a common user behavior in social networking services (SNS) and has ...
University students enrolled on the “Media and communication program” in northern Sweden have been i...