Effects of virtual reality news on knowledge gain and news attitudes

作者:Jeong, Se-Hoon; Kim, Sonho; Yum, Jung-Yoon; Hwang, Yoori*
来源:International Journal of Mobile Communications, 2020, 18(3): 300-313.
DOI:10.1504/IJMC.2020.107098

摘要

This research examined the effects of virtual reality (VR) news on knowledge gain and news attitudes. This study found that compared to non-VR news, VR news could have a negative impact on knowledge gain, whereas it could have some positive effect on news attitudes. The positive effect on news attitudes was only found with a more experience-related news topic (i.e., travel sites in Rio de Janeiro), but not with a less experience-related news topic (i.e., new surgical procedure for pancreatic cancer). The positive impact of VR on news attitudes was mediated by presence and subsequent enjoyment.

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