The E-Reader as Replacement for the Print Newspaper

This study examines the effects of a major metropolitan newspaper’s withdrawal from a city and whether an e-reader pre-loaded with a digital subscription to the newspaper would act as a replacement. In-depth interviews with 20 former readers of the newspaper found the device, the Kindle DX, to be ge...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Publishing research quarterly 2011-06, Vol.27 (2), p.126-134
Main Authors: Hollander, Barry A., Krugman, Dean M., Reichert, Tom, Adam Avant, J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Consumers
Consumption
E-books
Electronic book readers
Electronic publishing
Exact sciences and technology
Information and communication sciences
Information science. Documentation
Internet
Library and information science. General aspects
Library Science
Methodology of the Social Sciences
Portable computers
Printing and Publishing
Readability
Reading
Sciences and techniques of general use
Smartphones
Social Sciences
Subscriptions
Use and user studies. Information needs
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This study examines the effects of a major metropolitan newspaper’s withdrawal from a city and whether an e-reader pre-loaded with a digital subscription to the newspaper would act as a replacement. In-depth interviews with 20 former readers of the newspaper found the device, the Kindle DX, to be generally liked for its readability but a poor substitute for the published version of the newspaper.
ISSN:1053-8801
1936-4792
DOI:10.1007/s12109-011-9205-8