The relevance of attention for selecting news content. An eye-tracking study on attention patterns in the reception of print and online media

Communications

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-368

  Bucher, Hans Jürgen ^a   Schumacher, Peter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Attention; Eye tracking; Newspaper; Online newspaper; Reception; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 61249262637     PISSN: 03412059     EISSN: 16134087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/COMMUN.2006.022     Document Type: Article

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