TY - JOUR
T1 - Studying incidental news
T2 - Antecedents, dynamics and implications
AU - Kligler-Vilenchik, Neta
AU - Hermida, Alfred
AU - Valenzuela, Sebastián
AU - Villi, Mikko
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2020.
PY - 2020/8/1
Y1 - 2020/8/1
N2 - In light of concerns about decreasing news use, a decline in interest in political news or even active avoidance or resistance of news in general, the idea of ‘incidental news’ has been seen as a possible remedy. Generally, ‘incidental news’ refers to the ways in which people encounter information about current events through media when they were not actively seeking the news. However, scholars studying incidental news through different theoretical and methodological perspectives have been arriving at differing evaluations of the significance and implications of this phenomenon – to the extent of downright contradictory findings. This introductory piece posits the aim of this special issue on Studying Incidental News: a conceptual clarification of incidental news exposure. In this issue, scholars coming from different approaches, ranging from cognitive processing, ecological models, emergent practices and a focus on platform affordances, show how different theoretical perspectives help account for various dimensions of incidental news consumption, and thus help explain the often conflicting findings that have been suggested so far.
AB - In light of concerns about decreasing news use, a decline in interest in political news or even active avoidance or resistance of news in general, the idea of ‘incidental news’ has been seen as a possible remedy. Generally, ‘incidental news’ refers to the ways in which people encounter information about current events through media when they were not actively seeking the news. However, scholars studying incidental news through different theoretical and methodological perspectives have been arriving at differing evaluations of the significance and implications of this phenomenon – to the extent of downright contradictory findings. This introductory piece posits the aim of this special issue on Studying Incidental News: a conceptual clarification of incidental news exposure. In this issue, scholars coming from different approaches, ranging from cognitive processing, ecological models, emergent practices and a focus on platform affordances, show how different theoretical perspectives help account for various dimensions of incidental news consumption, and thus help explain the often conflicting findings that have been suggested so far.
KW - Conceptual clarification
KW - incidental exposure
KW - incidental news
KW - journalism studies
KW - news use
KW - social media
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85084523425&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1464884920915372
DO - 10.1177/1464884920915372
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AN - SCOPUS:85084523425
SN - 1464-8849
VL - 21
SP - 1025
EP - 1030
JO - Journalism
JF - Journalism
IS - 8
ER -