Talk:Uses and gratifications theory

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what are peoples views on the uses and gratifications approach?

• The article seems to be crying out for the "lacks context for those unfamiliar with the subject" tag.
• The UG approach would also be an example of how the 'social sciences' attract scorn from those who favour the hard sciences -- an attempt to explain something which doesn't need explaining. But as a 'hard scientist' (well ... an Engineer, actually) I'll concede that's possibly uncharitable.

Anyway, the article has attracted a lot of edits, most of which were done by bots or were not adequately explained at the time. Pavium (talk) 06:51, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Also The information is partailly incorrect at places, and only shows the selective retention approuch of uses and gratification. —Preceding unsigned comment added by X-Nancy-Boy-X (talk • contribs) 20:23, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

I agree that the article seems to need serious work. I've tagged it with the appropriate tags. Yworo (talk) 19:23, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Hi all, I'm working on this page for a course at Georgetown. I would like to start by restructuring the article a bit. What do you think about this format for the content? I'm going to start editing it since the article hasn't had an active talk page in about 3 years now and only minor edits, possibly some by bots, have been done on this page. I will check into the article talk page frequently as I make these revisions to make sure that we're all on board with the edits! Thanks in advance for your help.

Proposed Organization:

1.Lead

2.Table of Contents

3.Uses and Gratifications Model

4.History of Theory

-Stages

-Development

5.Research Examples

-New Media

-other interesting applications of the theory in research across psychology to motivation theory

6.Theory criticism

7.See Also (links within Wikipedia and elsewhere on the web)

8.References

Wikisyzygy (talk) 16:19, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

The Maslow date of 1970 - seems way off?108.31.118.170 (talk) 02:07, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Yukillovesu (talk) 01:57, 20 October 2021 (UTC)Overall this Wikipedia page looks very good. The structure and logic are obvious. When the author talked about the different motivations of using and choosing media, I suggest that attaching a graph here makes it clear. Also, in the gratification sought (GS) vs. gratification obtained (GO) section, the author explains it in one sentence, which is not enough. The author should provide clear definitions of each aspect. Perhaps, giving some examples could help readers understand the differences. And, this section needs citation. In the Morden research section, I think the author needs to supply more citations. For example, it suggested a gender difference in using mobile phones, but there is no citation to prove it. Yukillovesu (talk) 01:57, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

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This article is definitely pretty developed. The content seems to all be there, and the organization makes sense. There are ample references as well. One thing missing right off the bat, however, are any sort of visuals. I don't know if any visuals exist that could be included on the page, but that could help visitors better understand the concept. The lead paragraph is great, but it's a bit long compared to other articles. I don't think it necessarily needs to be changed but if you do change it, maybe make it more concise. The tone is neutral and nothing seems particularly biased. I noticed that the most recent additions came from several months ago, including added references. I know that references for this article is going to be hard since there are already so many, so I would suggest knocking out a couple of those sources by adding visuals. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atw58 (talk • contribs) 13:47, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

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