When motivations meet affordances: news consumption on Telegram

• Main Authors: Lou, Chen, Tandoc, Edson C., Hong, Li Xuan, Pong, Brenda Xiang Yuan, Lye, Rachelle Wan Xin, Sng, Trisha Ngiag Gya
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; News Consumption; Uses and Gratifications
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/159719
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Guided by the Uses and Gratifications approach and the concept of affordances, this study sought to understand the phenomenon of news consumption on an emerging messaging platform—Telegram, wherein users consume concise pieces of news spontaneously through mobile devices or web interfaces. Based on...