Inspired by the expansion of television news programming and growth in the number of US citizens living well beyond the age of 65, this study qualitatively explores what uses and gratifications seniors living in and around Tallahassee, Florida, get from television news. A review of uses and gratifications and popular literature leads to the exploration of three research questions. The questions concern seniors' television news programming choices, what uses and gratifications they get from the programs that they choose, and what their program choices say about how they define television news. The results of this study reveal a range of uses and gratifications associated with seniors' consumption of television news programming, including several potential new gratifications. A definition of news as indicated by participants' program selection is also discussed. / A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Communication in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science. / Summer Semester, 2004. / July 14, 2004. / Aging, Elderly, Senior Citizens, Seniors, Focus Groups, News, Television, Television News, Gratification, Use, Gratifications, Uses, Uses And Gratifications, News Programs, News Programming, News Definition, Defining News, Qualitative / Includes bibliographical references. / Steven McClung, Professor Directing Thesis; Jay D. Rayburn, Committee Member; Donnalyn Pompper, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_175670 |
| Contributors | Lloyd, Jonathan Jordan (authoraut), McClung, Steven (professor directing thesis), Rayburn, Jay D. (committee member), Pompper, Donnalyn (committee member), School of Communication (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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