Breaking the Fifth Wall : Two Studies of the Effects of Observing Interpersonal Communication with Content Creators on YouTube

Two studies were conducted to test the convergence of mass and interpersonal media processes and their effects on YouTube. The first study examined the influence of interpersonal interactions on video enjoyment. The results indicated that positive comment valence affected participants' identification with the content creator, which then affected enjoyment of the video. To investigate the effects of convergence from a macro-level perspective, the second study tracked and recorded data from 32 YouTube videos for 34 days and recorded the following data for each video: number of views, likes, and comments/responses. The results indicated that the more content creators and users interact, the more likes the video receives. However, user-to-user interactions are associated with a decrease in the number of likes a video receives.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:14

Enthalten in:

Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) - 14(2024), 2 vom: 16. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ulusoy, Ezgi [VerfasserIn]
Van Der Heide, Brandon [VerfasserIn]
Ma, Siyuan [VerfasserIn]
Earle, Kelsey [VerfasserIn]
Mason, Adam J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Computer-mediated communication
Journal Article
Mass-interpersonal communication
Media enjoyment
Social identification

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Date Revised 25.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.3390/bs14020140

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368824837