News Attention in a Mobile Era
Consuming #news is key to #democratic #citizenship, but is #attention to news the same in a mobile environment? This new paper argues that attention to news on mobile devices such as tablets and #smartphones is not the same as attention to news for those on computers. The research uses eye tracking in two lab experiments to capture the effects of #mobile device use on news attention.
TL;DR
Owning a mobile device can increase #access to news, but it doesn’t necessarily increase #attention to #news.