Immediacy as news experience: exploring its multiple dimensions in print and online contexts

Bahiyah Omar teaches media and communication at the School of Communication, University Sains Malaysia. Her research interests include online journalism, social aspects of communication technology and media effects.

Hosam Al-Samarraie is an academic member of staff at Coventry University, UK. Prior to joining Coventry University, he worked for seven years at Universiti Sains Malaysia. His research is interdisciplinary in nature in that it pivots on the integration of various aspects of human -computer interaction, technology utilization and behavioral modeling –with emphasis on visualization, managing, clustering and prediction of individual behaviors/factors in different situations. He is also interested in UX/UI and how central they are to one's perception, satisfaction and interaction. His recent projects have focused primarily on the use of machine learning and multicriteria decision-making methods to analyze, model and predict key aspects related to users' design preferences, visual interaction and technology utilization.

Bianca Wright is an assistant professor in the School of Media and Performing Arts, Coventry University, UK. Her research interests focus on digital practice and digital identities, and she has a particular niche in the use of gamification principles in the context of education and journalism. Her projects bring together immersive forms such as 360-video and virtual reality with gamification to explore ways of teaching and storytelling in fields such as education and journalism.