{"id":10207,"date":"2021-05-01T09:58:11","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T07:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-publications&#038;p=10207"},"modified":"2026-08-20T10:00:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T08:00:46","slug":"online-news-usage-in-china-the-united-states-and-five-european-countries","status":"publish","type":"hbi-publications","link":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/online-news-usage-in-china-the-united-states-and-five-european-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Online News Usage in China, The United States and Five European Countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4463 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Teaser-new-media-and-society-300x193.png\" alt=\"Cover \" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Teaser-new-media-and-society-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Teaser-new-media-and-society-768x494.png 768w, https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Teaser-new-media-and-society.png 840w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>In their article, <a href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/staff\/sascha-hoelig\">Dr. Sascha H\u00f6lig<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/staff\/uwe-hasebrink\">Prof. Dr. Uwe Hasebrink<\/a> and Julia Behre provide insights into the use of online news in seven countries with different media systems, such as China and the USA. Read more about where the differences and similarities in news use are and what influences it in the latest issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/home\/nms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Media &amp; Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/14614448211015982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To the article (paywall) <\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Abstract<\/h2>\n<p>In recent years, the use of the Internet and social media as sources of news has risen all over the world. Using data from \u201cThe Peoples\u2019 Internet\u201d project, this article provides insights into the ways in which people use the Internet to access news in seven countries with very different media systems, digital economies and cultures. We found that news consumption patterns differ at the country level between China, the United States and five European countries \u2013 Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy and the United Kingdom \u2013 especially when it comes to online news. However, the relationships between news usage and sociodemographic variables at the individual level are strikingly similar across these countries. Our results indicate that cultural influences as well as media systems play a decisive role in people\u2019s news use.<\/p>\n<p>H\u00f6lig S.; Hasebrink, U.; Behre, J. (2021): Keeping on Top of the World: Online News Usage in China, the United States and Five European Countries. In: New Media &amp; Society, 23(2021)7, pp. 1798-1823. <a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1177\/14614448211015982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doi:10.1177\/14614448211015982<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2433,"template":"","tags":[398],"class_list":["post-10207","hbi-publications","type-hbi-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-miscellaneous"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.6 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Online News Usage in China, The United States and Five European Countries - Leibniz HBI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/online-news-usage-in-china-the-united-states-and-five-european-countries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Online News Usage in China, The United States and Five European Countries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In their article, Dr. Sascha H\u00f6lig, Prof. Dr. Uwe Hasebrink and Julia Behre provide insights into the use of online news in seven countries with different media systems, such as China and the USA. 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