Technology facility and news affinity: Predictors of using mobile phones as a news device

Xigen Li

doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-5201-7.ch012

Technology facility and news affinity: Predictors of using mobile phones as a news device

Xigen Li

Department of Media and Communication

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 12 - Chapter in an edited book (Author) › peer-review

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Based on a theoretical framework drawn from the diffusion of innovation theory, the expectancy-value model, and the technology-acceptance model, this chapter presents an empirical study of technological and informational factors as predictors of the use of second-generation mobile phones as a news device. The study differentiates the initial adoption of a mobile phone as a technology innovation from secondlevel adoption, which refers to the acceptance of a distinctive new function of a technology device serving a communication purpose different from that for which the device was originally designed. The study found that technology facility and innovativeness were significant predictors of mobile phone use as a news device; further, it partially confirmed the model of predictors of mobile phone use for news access. However, the two informational factors—perceived value of information and news affinity—were found to have no direct effect on mobile phone use as a news device. The study departs from the traditional approach of adoption research and offers a novel perspective on examining the adoption of new media with multiple evolving functions. © 2018 by IGI Global.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Technology Adoption and Social Issues
Subtitle of host publication	Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Editors	Information Resources Management Association
Place of Publication	Hershey, PA
Publisher	IGI Global Publishing
Chapter	12
Pages	253-280
Volume	I
ISBN (Electronic)	9781522552024
ISBN (Print)	9781522552017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5201-7.ch012
Publication status	Published - Jan 2018

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Technology facility and news affinity: Predictors of using mobile phones as a news device. / Li, Xigen.
Technology Adoption and Social Issues: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications. ed. / Information Resources Management Association. Vol. I Hershey, PA: IGI Global Publishing, 2018. p. 253-280.

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