Distinguishing Person-Specific from Situation-Specific Variation in Media Use: A Meta-Analysis

IF 5.4 3区材料科学 Q2 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL

ACS Applied Energy Materials Pub Date : 2024-07-23 DOI:10.1177/00936502241262664

Anna Schnauber-Stockmann, Michael Scharkow, Veronika Karnowski, Teresa K. Naab, Daniela Schlütz, Paul Pressmann

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Abstract

Media use varies between persons (person-specific variation) and within persons (situation-specific variation, that is, the same individual uses media differently across situations). Understanding the relative importance of these two levels of variation in media use is fundamental to theory building as it helps determine whether theories of media use should focus on person- or situation-specific factors. To examine the relative importance of person- versus situation-specific variation in media use, we conducted a meta-analysis of self-reported data from studies using repeated in situ measurement designs (28 studies with 150 media use measures). The results showed that about two-thirds of the variance in media use was situation-specific. This suggests that the situation level is of high relevance for understanding and measuring media use. Theoretically, situation-specific factors are key in explaining whether, how long, and how often individuals use media. Methodologically, our results call for in situ designs repeatedly measuring media use across situations.

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区分媒体使用中的个人特异性和情境特异性差异：元分析

不同的人使用媒体的情况各不相同（个人特异性差异），不同的人使用媒体的情况也不尽相同（情境特异性差异，即同一个人在不同情境下使用媒体的情况不同）。了解媒体使用中这两个层面差异的相对重要性对于理论构建至关重要，因为这有助于确定媒体使用理论应侧重于个人因素还是特定情境因素。为了研究个人与特定情境在媒体使用中的差异的相对重要性，我们对采用重复原位测量设计的研究（28 项研究，150 种媒体使用测量方法）中的自我报告数据进行了荟萃分析。结果显示，大约三分之二的媒体使用变异是因情境而异的。这表明，情境水平对于理解和测量媒体使用具有高度相关性。从理论上讲，特定情境因素是解释个人是否使用媒体、使用多长时间以及使用频率的关键。从方法论上讲，我们的研究结果要求进行现场设计，反复测量不同情境下的媒体使用情况。

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ACS Applied Energy Materials Materials Science-Materials Chemistry

CiteScore

10.30

自引率

6.20%

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1368

期刊介绍： ACS Applied Energy Materials is an interdisciplinary journal publishing original research covering all aspects of materials, engineering, chemistry, physics and biology relevant to energy conversion and storage. The journal is devoted to reports of new and original experimental and theoretical research of an applied nature that integrate knowledge in the areas of materials, engineering, physics, bioscience, and chemistry into important energy applications.