News overload in Spain: the role of demographic characteristics, news interest, and consumer paying behavior

This article explores attributes that correlate with the perception of news overload and the extent to which Spaniards feel overloaded, or not, with the amount of news available. Specifically, this study explores the following attributes: demographics (age, gender, and income), news interest, and consumer paying behavior for online news. The research methods employ a quantitative, explorative approach with data collected from an online survey of 1,439 Spanish adults, 18 years and older, in January 2013.Finally, managerial and theoretical implications are discussed

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La documentación audiovisual de las televisiones. La problemática actual y el reto de la digitalización

La digitalización de la producción en las cadenas de televisión crea perspectivas de cambio inminentes en los servicios de documentación audiovisuales de estas empresas. A la problemática actual que plantean la selección y conservación de documentos, la escasez de recursos humanos y materiales y las casi inexistentes posibilidades de formación de profesionales especializados se suma ahora el reto que la digitalización plantea para estas unidades de información y para los profesionales que trabajan en ellas, que deberán adquirir nuevos conocimientos y desarrollar nuevas aptitudes en un plazo relativamente breve de tiempo, si quieren afrontar con éxito el cambio de papel profesional que deberán desempeñar en este nuevo entorno.The going digital of the TV Channels productions creates impending prospects of change in their Audiovisual Documentation Services. To the present problems posed by the document selection and preservation, the scarcity of both human and material resources an the almost non – existent possibilities of proper training for the specialized professionals, we must add the challenge which creates the digitalization for these information units and for the professionals working with them, who should obtain a new knowledge and (should) develop new aptitudes in a relatively short term, if they want to face up successfully the change of the professional role, which they will have to carry out in this new environment

Measuring publication diversity among the most productive scholars: how research trajectories differ in communication, psychology, and political science

Examining research patterns across scientific fields constitutes a growing research enterprise to understand how global knowledge production unfolds. However, scattered empirical evidence has casted light on how the publication diversity of the most productive scholars differ across disciplines, considering their gender and geographical representation. This study focuses on the most prolific scholars across three fields (Communication, Political Science, and Psychology), and examine all journals where they have published. Results revealed the most common journals in which prolific scholars have appeared and showed that Communication scholars are more prone to publish in Political Science and Psychology journals than vice-versa, while psychologists' largely neglect them both. Our findings also demonstrate that males and US scholars are over-represented across fields, and that neither the field, gender, geographic location, or the interaction between gender and geographic location has a significant influence over publication diversity. The study suggests that prolific scholars are not only productive, but also highly diverse in the selection of the journals they publish, which directly speaks to both the heterogeneity of their research contributions and target readers

Higher Quantity, Higher Quality? Current Publication Trends of the Most Productive Journal Authors on the Field of Communication Studies

The aim of this paper is to examine the publication trajectories of the most productive scholars in communication and media studies between 2015 and 2019. Based on the analysis of 1482 papers of the top-publishing one hundred communication scholars, we identified 126 Scopus-indexed journals in which leading scholars publish, and also examine the main publication clusters. Our results suggest that amongst the most productive authors, quantity does not go to the detriment of quality as the most prolific scholars usually publish in the most prestigious journals of the field. Besides defining thematic clusters, we also identified the most important networks of journals that are the most popular amongst prolific researchers.Open access funding provided by National University of Public Service. Research was funded by project No. TKP2021-NKTA-51, implemented with the support provided by the Ministry of Innovation and Technology of Hungary from the National Research, Development and Innovation Fund, financed under the TKP2021-NKTA funding scheme

The Value of Proximity: Examining the Willingness to Pay for Online Local News

The exploration of new business models based on paid content strategies in the digital environment has generated an important discussion regarding the willingness to pay for online news. Previous studies have neglected local newspapers, although several analyses have clearly identified the local (news) as a fundamental asset to convince readers to pay for information. Based on a national survey of 1,637 U.S. adults, the research presented here systematically evaluates factors that influence the willingness to pay for online local news. Results of the logistic regression analysis reveals relationships between paying intent and predictor variables such as demographics (age and gender), media use (print and online newspapers), news interest, and traditional newspaper subscription. Finally, managerial and theoretical implications are discussed

Sobrecarga informativa en España: el rol de variables demográficas, el interés en las noticias y el comportamiento de pago del consumidor

This article explores factors that correlate with the perception of news overload and the extent to which Spaniards feel overloaded, or not, with the amount of news available. Specifically, this study explores the following factors: demographics (age, gender, and income), news interest, and consumer paying behavior for online news. The research method employs a quantitative, explorative approach with data collected from an online survey of 1,439 Spanish adults, 18 years and older, in January 2013. Finally, managerial and theoretical implications are discussed