Cognitive Differences Between Online and Virtual Reality News in the Context of Recall and Comprehension

Abstract

This paper aims to identify immersive journalism as a new type of journalism, analyze the impact of immersive news on recall and comprehension in the context of media psychology. This study is a quantitative research consisting of two stages. In the research, the model of manipulating the independent variable and comparing groups was used. Virtual reality news and online news has been presented to a participant group consisting of 30 people with a post-test design (N=30). Research has been designed to investigate participants’ levels of r recall and comprehension news. The main results from this initial phase of research showed that the news watched with virtual reality is better understood and slightly better remembered than online news. Likewise, it has been found that immersive journalism has an important potential in terms of cognitive effects.

Keywords

• sürükleyici gazetecilik
• sanal gerçeklik
• hatırlama
• anlama
• medya psikolojisi
• immersive journalism
• virtual reality
• memory
• recall
• understanding
• media psychology