News grazing in the era of information overload : how and why users utilise semi-social chat apps for news consumption

• Main Authors: Hong, Li Xuan, Pong, Brenda Xiang Yuan, Lye, Rachelle Wan Xin, Sng, Trisha Ngiag Gya
• Other Authors: Chen Lou
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication::Audience research; Social sciences::Communication::Communication theories and models
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137481
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Guided by the niche theory and literature on news grazing, this study sought to understand the phenomenon of news grazing, a trend towards consuming more concise pieces of news spontaneously. Based on in-depth interviews with 29 participants who engage in news grazing in Singapore, this study identi...