News you can refuse: If news is important, why aren’t more people willing to pay for it?

Guided by public goods and uses and gratifications theories, this study examines the link among motivations for news consumption, perceived importance of news, and willingness to pay for news. Through a national online survey in Singapore (n = 818), this study found that both entertainment and socia...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tandoc, Edson C., Seet, Seth
Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179486