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Exploring Primary Demands of Chinese Network Literature Audience: Uses and Gratifications Perspective

Authors
Pei Cao1, *
1Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah, Malaysia
*Corresponding author. Email: cao_pei@ahsgs.uum.edu.my
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Pei Cao
Available Online 31 August 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-38476-098-5_28How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Chinese network literature audience; Uses and gratifications
Abstract

In recent years, network literature has developed at an amazing speed, bringing to an increasing number of network literature audiences. These phenomena were particularly common in China. From the perspective of the uses and gratifications theory, this paper postulated that “relaxing yourself to enjoy fun”, “passing time”, “making friends online”, “pursuing new topics”, “showing yourself”, “information documentation and sharing”, “attractiveness of online literature” were the primary demands of Chinese network literature audience on the basis of previous research. In order to test the hypothesis, the quantitative approach had been adopted. Due to the characteristic of network literature, this study conducted an online survey, purposive sampling and reliance on available subjects were employed by this paper. The survey distributed the questionnaires to 300 audiences of Iqiyi novel via Questionnaire star, 256 questionnaires were returned, 214 questionnaires were adoptable. Through the questionnaire survey, reliability and validity analysis, correlation analysis, variance analysis, it was found that “relaxing yourself to enjoy fun”, “passing time” and “attractiveness of online literature” are the three primary demands of respondents among seven needs. Therefore, It was concluded that the usage behavior of Chinese network literature audience was derived from the three primary demands, including “relaxing yourself to enjoy fun”, “passing time” and “attractiveness of online literature”.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Communication and Media 2022 (i-COME 2022)
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Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
31 August 2023
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978-2-38476-098-5
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2352-5398
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10.2991/978-2-38476-098-5_28How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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