In an article on the  innovation.dpa.com, Leonie Wunderlich writes about the first results of our project “Use The News” on news usage in the digital age.

You can read the complete article here.

Abstract

Population-representative studies on news usage, such as the recently published issue of the Reuters Digital News Report, paint an ambivalent picture: Young Internet users between the ages of 18 and 24 have only a low level of general interest in news – at least in classic “hard news”.

Most of them get their news information most likely via social media. Although platforms such as Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and the like are not used specifically for searching for or receiving news, young users come into contact with news content by chance and thus feel sufficiently informed – as far as their needs are concerned – about current events in Germany and the world. Nevertheless, adolescents and young adults hardly trust news on social media, which also means that “news” is associated with journalistic sources.

Wunderlich, L. (2020): Gering ausgeprägtes Interesse? Verständnis von Nachrichten und Journalismus im Wandel [Little interest? Understanding of News and Journalism in Transition]. https://innovation.dpa.com/2020/10/07/junge-menschen-nachrichten-journalismus/ 07.10.2020