Dunaway Johanna - News and Democratic Citizens in the Mobile Era

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News and Democratic Citizens in the Mobile Era

Johanna Dunaway and Kathleen Searles

JOHANNA DUNAWAY AND KATHLEEN SEARLES

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Dunaway, Johanna, author. | Searles, Kathleen, author.

Title: News and Democratic Citizens in the Mobile Era /

Johanna Dunaway, Kathleen Searles.

Description: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023] |

Series: Oxford studies digital politics series |

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2022026958 (print) | LCCN 2022026959 (ebook) |

ISBN 9780190922498 (paperback) | ISBN 9780190922504 (hardback) |

ISBN 9780190923808 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: News audiences. | SmartphonesPsychological aspects. |

SmartphonesSocial aspects. | JournalismTechnological innovations. |

Communication and technologyPsychological aspects. | Digital divide. | Attention.

Classification: LCC PN4784.N48 D86 2023 (print) | LCC PN4784.N48 (ebook) |

DDC 302.23dc23/eng/20220811

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022026958

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022026959

DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780190922504.001.0001

To Frank Feigert, a career-long mentor, in memory of Manny Patel, a cherished best friend, and in memory of Martin Johnson, who was both.

Johanna Dunaway

To Winfield and his namesake, my wholemakers. And in memory of Martin Johnson, who always made reading on a smartphone look good. I miss you, friend.

Kathleen Searles

Key parts of this project would not be possible without the contributions of Mingxiao Sui, Newly Paul, and Stuart Soroka. Mingxiao and Newly worked with us as graduate research assistants at Louisiana State University when we designed and conducted the eye-tracking lab studies presented in was also modeled after those from Stuarts earlier work. We appreciate his willingness (and that of his collaborators) to share elements of their designs and for the insights we draw from their original work. We especially wish to thank Patrick Fournier and Lilach Nir, who helped develop some of the physiological protocols and sentiment coding we used in our work. We also appreciate help from several research assistants at the University of Michigan, including Dominic Valentino, Jewel Drigo, and Colvin Larance.