ABSTRACT

This paper examines print affordances based on Gibson’s conceptualization. We conducted semi-structured in-depth interviews with long-time newspaper subscribers to understand three kinds of affordances: physical affordances germane to the print medium, perceived affordances utilized by experienced readers, and relational affordances generated in the transactional process of news consumption. We argued that affordances offer a theoretical lens to understand print, or any other media, and in how they facilitate information acquisition in news consumption and sensemaking of the consumption process. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.

摘要

本文基于 Gibson 的概念化研究了印刷品的可供性。我们对长期订阅报纸的读者进行了半结构化深度访谈，以了解三种可供性：与印刷媒体密切相关的物理可供性、有经验的读者使用的感知可供性以及新闻消费交易过程中产生的相关可供性。我们认为，可供性提供了一个理论视角来理解印刷品或任何其他媒体，以及它们如何促进新闻消费中的信息获取和消费过程的意义建构。讨论了对理论和实践的影响。