This paper outlines the importance and role of non-product-related brand attributes, e.g., user imagery and usage imagery, in local news media content consumption by a younger audience aged 15-24. Due to technological developments, new media content consumption patterns have emerged. New...

While research on traditional media brands has increased in recent years, few studies examine news media brands and their brand strategies, particularly distinctive brand associations unrelated to media brand content and their impact on audience media brand choice and attention. Numerous studies...

Digitalization fundamentally brought new ways in how media distribute and audiences consume media content, transforming the existing media environment and bringing new competitors to media organizations. On one side, new platforms and technology companies give media ample opportunities to reach...

While research on traditional media brands has increased in recent years, few studies examine news media brands and their brand strategies, particularly distinctive brand associations unrelated to media brand content and their impact on audience media brand choice and attention. Numerous studies...

User generated content has always been important building-blocks for traditional media products – ‘letters to the editor’ and ‘family news’ make up valuable sections of newspapers, while radio stations encourage listeners to call in and share their thoughts, feelings, and experiences...