A Comparison Of Three Approaches To Electronic Media Diaries

Keywords

Experience Sampling Methods; Media Diaries; Media Effects

Abstract

This project compared the richness of reporting and reflection of three approaches to electronic media diaries. For 1 week, 145 students were randomly assigned to keep daily diaries about their media use and perceptions of media content using one of three methods: (a) a traditional daily journaling approach conducted online, (b) an experience sampling method (ESM) approach that combined daily journaling with multiple daily message prompts, and (c) an approach that combined online peer-group discussion with online daily journaling. The goal was to determine if the supplementary diary activities yielded more detailed, emotive, and cognitive responses. Diary content was analyzed using traditional manual content analysis and linguistic software. Results indicated that the ESM condition elicited less cognitive- and affective-oriented language than the other conditions. The group discussion condition evidenced some advantage over the diary-only group in terms of number of media channels and specific content mentioned.

Publication Date

4-3-2017

Publication Title

Communication Research Reports

Volume

34

Issue

2

Number of Pages

171-179

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/08824096.2016.1224172

Socpus ID

85007292701 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/85007292701

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