The Relationship between Utilization and Gratification, Lifestyle and Behavior on Multiscreen Media Uses of Middle Class User in Bangkok Metropolis
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The research objectives are: 1) to study the differences between demographic factors and behavior of middle class users with multiscreen media usage in Bangkok Metropolis, 2) to study the relationship between lifestyle and behavior of middle class users with multiscreen media usage in Bangkok Metropolis, 3) to study the relationship between behavior of multiscreen media usage and utilization and gratification’s behavior of middle class users with multiscreen media usage in Bangkok Metropolis and 4) to study the relationship behavior of multiscreen media usage and gratification’s behavior of middle class users with multiscreen media usage in Bangkok Metropolis. By using the survey research technique and online questionnaires, the study collected a sample of 350 middle class users in Bangkok Metropolis who had income between 10,000 - 49,999 Baht per month, aged between 18 - 60 years old, and took the diploma to bachelor degrees.
The result found that majority of respondents included female who was aged between
18 – 24 years old with the bachelor degree and worked for public organizations, and had income between 10,000 - 19,999 Baht per month. Behavior of multiscreen usage part indicated that the respondents generally used the smartphones and the three main categories of multiscreen media included Multi-tasking (Unrelated activity), Complementary Usage (Related activity) and Sequential Usage and these three main categories implied that the degree of behavior toward using multiscreen media was moderate which socialization and travelling represented the highest mean value and the frequent use was when being on the travel. Furthermore, the bed room and living room were the place that respondents had spent most of their time using the smartphone. The main purpose of using the multiscreen media was to communicate with other people and to keep updating the news more conveniently. Moreover, the majority of respondents satisfied with the use of multiscreen media due to their benefits to daily life.
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