Preeti Srinivasan, Anne Oeldrof-Hirsch, G. H. Joergensen
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"Attention! It’s the News.” Cognitive Load and News Posts on Facebook: An Eye-tracking Study
Individuals get much of their news and information through social media. Thus, it has become crucial to evaluate how they are paying attention to and processing news content in this saturated space. The present study investigates users’ visual engagement with news posts on Facebook using cognitive load theory of attention. An eye-tracking device was used to track visual attention of N = 152 participants. Following a 3 x 2 between-subjects factorial design, we manipulated intrinsic cognitive load by varying the story topic (either health or science) and the extraneous load by varying the presentation type (text only, video only, or video with text). Cognitive load does impact attention, such that those who viewed the video with text story (high cognitive load) exhibited higher visual attention to the content. We conclude that content higher in complexity elicits more attention compared to less complex content on Facebook.
期刊介绍:
IJICT is a refereed journal in the field of information and communication technology (ICT), providing an international forum for professionals, engineers and researchers. IJICT reports the new paradigms in this emerging field of technology and envisions the future developments in the frontier areas. The journal addresses issues for the vertical and horizontal applications in this area. Topics covered include: -Information theory/coding- Information/IT/network security, standards, applications- Internet/web based systems/products- Data mining/warehousing- Network planning, design, administration- Sensor/ad hoc networks- Human-computer intelligent interaction, AI- Computational linguistics, digital speech- Distributed/cooperative media- Interactive communication media/content- Social interaction, mobile communications- Signal representation/processing, image processing- Virtual reality, cyber law, e-governance- Microprocessor interfacing, hardware design- Control of industrial processes, ERP/CRM/SCM