Towards an understanding of behavioural intention to use online journalism

Online journalism as a new medium has challenged the meaning of the production capacity, policy, independency, difference of time and place, and in particular, the interaction between journalists and their audiences. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that determine the intention...

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Main Authors: Varzandeh, Somayyeh, Abu Hassan, Musa, Hassan, Salleh, Hassan, Hamisah Zahra
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Published: Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, University of Putra 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35873/
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author Varzandeh, Somayyeh
Abu Hassan, Musa
Hassan, Salleh
Hassan, Hamisah Zahra
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description Online journalism as a new medium has challenged the meaning of the production capacity, policy, independency, difference of time and place, and in particular, the interaction between journalists and their audiences. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that determine the intention to adopt online journalism by journalists in Iran, using a research model based on the Decomposed Theory of Planned Behaviour (DTPB). DTPB is one of the models developed by Taylor and Todd (1995a) to recognise particular salient beliefs by examining three factors, namely; attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioural control that can influence the intention to use technology.
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spelling upm-358732016-02-11T04:36:56Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35873/ Towards an understanding of behavioural intention to use online journalism Varzandeh, Somayyeh Abu Hassan, Musa Hassan, Salleh Hassan, Hamisah Zahra Online journalism as a new medium has challenged the meaning of the production capacity, policy, independency, difference of time and place, and in particular, the interaction between journalists and their audiences. The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that determine the intention to adopt online journalism by journalists in Iran, using a research model based on the Decomposed Theory of Planned Behaviour (DTPB). DTPB is one of the models developed by Taylor and Todd (1995a) to recognise particular salient beliefs by examining three factors, namely; attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioural control that can influence the intention to use technology. Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication, University of Putra 2014 Article PeerReviewed Varzandeh, Somayyeh and Abu Hassan, Musa and Hassan, Salleh and Hassan, Hamisah Zahra (2014) Towards an understanding of behavioural intention to use online journalism. Global Media Journal – Malaysian Edition, 4 (1). pp. 34-52. ISSN 2231-9948 http://www.gmj-me.upm.edu.my/?pg=archive.php&PUBLISH_VOLUME_ISSUE=5
spellingShingle Varzandeh, Somayyeh
Abu Hassan, Musa
Hassan, Salleh
Hassan, Hamisah Zahra
Towards an understanding of behavioural intention to use online journalism
title Towards an understanding of behavioural intention to use online journalism
title_full Towards an understanding of behavioural intention to use online journalism
title_fullStr Towards an understanding of behavioural intention to use online journalism
title_full_unstemmed Towards an understanding of behavioural intention to use online journalism
title_short Towards an understanding of behavioural intention to use online journalism
title_sort towards an understanding of behavioural intention to use online journalism
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35873/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/35873/