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We are what we click: Understanding time and content-based habits of online news readers

Overview of attention for article published in New Media & Society, July 2020
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  • In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (89th percentile)
  • Good Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (65th percentile)

Mentioned by

news
1 news outlet
blogs
1 blog
twitter
13 X users

Citations

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18 Dimensions

Readers on

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52 Mendeley
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Title
We are what we click: Understanding time and content-based habits of online news readers
Published in
New Media & Society, July 2020
DOI 10.1177/1461444820933221
Authors

Mykola Makhortykh, Claes de Vreese, Natali Helberger, Jaron Harambam, Dimitrios Bountouridis

X Demographics

X Demographics

The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 13 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Mendeley readers

Mendeley readers

The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 52 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.

Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 52 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 8 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 6 12%
Student > Bachelor 3 6%
Librarian 2 4%
Other 2 4%
Other 12 23%
Unknown 19 37%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Social Sciences 16 31%
Arts and Humanities 3 6%
Computer Science 3 6%
Economics, Econometrics and Finance 2 4%
Business, Management and Accounting 2 4%
Other 6 12%
Unknown 20 38%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 22. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 August 2022.
All research outputs
#1,585,221
of 24,212,485 outputs
Outputs from New Media & Society
#491
of 2,183 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#43,528
of 400,594 outputs
Outputs of similar age from New Media & Society
#24
of 67 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 24,212,485 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 93rd percentile: it's in the top 10% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 2,183 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 23.2. This one has done well, scoring higher than 77% of its peers.
Older research outputs will score higher simply because they've had more time to accumulate mentions. To account for age we can compare this Altmetric Attention Score to the 400,594 tracked outputs that were published within six weeks on either side of this one in any source. This one has done well, scoring higher than 89% of its contemporaries.
We're also able to compare this research output to 67 others from the same source and published within six weeks on either side of this one. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 65% of its contemporaries.