What Is Second Screening? Exploring Motivations of Second Screen Use and Its Effect on Online Political Participation

Journal of Communication

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 793-815

  Gil de Zúñiga, Homero ^a,b   Garcia Perdomo, Victor ^c,d   McGregor, Shannon C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DIEGO PORTALES   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SABANA   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Motivations for Second Screen Use; Online Political Participation; Second Screen Use; Second Screening; Social Media; TV News

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; INTERNET; MASS MEDIA; PANEL DATA; POLITICAL PARTICIPATION; TELEVISION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943166499     PISSN: 00219916     EISSN: 14602466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcom.12174     Document Type: Article

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