
Connecting with citizen journalists: an exploratory Living lab study on motivations for using mobile reporting applications
- Author
- Karel Vandenbroucke (UGent) , Bastiaan Baccarne (UGent) and Dimitri Schuurman (UGent)
- Organization
- Abstract
- In the context of user generated content in the newsroom, mobile reporting applications are seen as a facilitator of citizen journalism, bringing news items from the user to the newsroom and vice versa. In this paper, we describe a Living Lab project aimed at developing a mobile reporting application for a regional television broadcaster that struggles reaching a young audience. Data were collected through an online survey (n:500), one focus group (n:9), a field trial (n:35) and in-depth interviews (n:10). Besides user motivations for using mobile reporting applications, we provide three user profiles and give insights in citizen journalism projects. A mobile reporting application could provide a solution for regional news stations to reach more youngsters, however, reasonable efforts should be taken to make such a project succeed.
- Keywords
- online survey, focus group, living lab, Citizen journalism, mobile reporting applications, in-depth interview, field trial
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-4287342
- MLA
- Vandenbroucke, Karel, et al. “Connecting with Citizen Journalists: An Exploratory Living Lab Study on Motivations for Using Mobile Reporting Applications.” Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschappen, Proceedings, 2014.
- APA
- Vandenbroucke, K., Baccarne, B., & Schuurman, D. (2014). Connecting with citizen journalists: an exploratory Living lab study on motivations for using mobile reporting applications. Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschappen, Proceedings. Presented at the Etmaal van de communicatiewetenschap, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
- Chicago author-date
- Vandenbroucke, Karel, Bastiaan Baccarne, and Dimitri Schuurman. 2014. “Connecting with Citizen Journalists: An Exploratory Living Lab Study on Motivations for Using Mobile Reporting Applications.” In Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschappen, Proceedings.
- Chicago author-date (all authors)
- Vandenbroucke, Karel, Bastiaan Baccarne, and Dimitri Schuurman. 2014. “Connecting with Citizen Journalists: An Exploratory Living Lab Study on Motivations for Using Mobile Reporting Applications.” In Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschappen, Proceedings.
- Vancouver
- 1.Vandenbroucke K, Baccarne B, Schuurman D. Connecting with citizen journalists: an exploratory Living lab study on motivations for using mobile reporting applications. In: Etmaal van de communicatiewetenschappen, Proceedings. 2014.
- IEEE
- [1]K. Vandenbroucke, B. Baccarne, and D. Schuurman, “Connecting with citizen journalists: an exploratory Living lab study on motivations for using mobile reporting applications,” in Etmaal van de communicatiewetenschappen, Proceedings, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 2014.
@inproceedings{4287342, abstract = {{In the context of user generated content in the newsroom, mobile reporting applications are seen as a facilitator of citizen journalism, bringing news items from the user to the newsroom and vice versa. In this paper, we describe a Living Lab project aimed at developing a mobile reporting application for a regional television broadcaster that struggles reaching a young audience. Data were collected through an online survey (n:500), one focus group (n:9), a field trial (n:35) and in-depth interviews (n:10). Besides user motivations for using mobile reporting applications, we provide three user profiles and give insights in citizen journalism projects. A mobile reporting application could provide a solution for regional news stations to reach more youngsters, however, reasonable efforts should be taken to make such a project succeed.}}, author = {{Vandenbroucke, Karel and Baccarne, Bastiaan and Schuurman, Dimitri}}, booktitle = {{Etmaal van de communicatiewetenschappen, Proceedings}}, keywords = {{online survey,focus group,living lab,Citizen journalism,mobile reporting applications,in-depth interview,field trial}}, language = {{eng}}, location = {{Wageningen, The Netherlands}}, pages = {{7}}, title = {{Connecting with citizen journalists: an exploratory Living lab study on motivations for using mobile reporting applications}}, year = {{2014}}, }