Leonie Wunderlich writes about young people’s news consumption in dpa’s Innovation Blog. The article is based on results from our #UseTheNews project.
The project is a cooperation between the HBI and the dpa and provides knowledge on the topic of news literacy.
You can read the article here (in German)
Abstract
Most young users do not yet have a pronounced general interest in classic “hard news”, i.e. news with a political and economic focus. Nevertheless, it is important to most teenagers and young adults to be up to date and actively seek information in the news. This is shown by results from six focus groups with 14- to 24-year-olds conducted as part of the #UseTheNews project. In this age group, the social component of news plays an important role: being informed means having something to talk about in order to be able to join in the conversation and integrate – both among friends and at school or university.
Wunderlich, L. (2021): „Was brenzlig ist, kriegt man so oder so mit“ – Wie junge Leute Nachrichten konsumieren [“You hear about what’s dicey one way or the other” – How Young People Consume News]. https://innovation.dpa.com/2021/01/07/wie-junge-leute-nachrichten-konsumieren/ 07 Jan 2021