{"id":10182,"date":"2022-01-05T11:09:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T10:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/?post_type=hbi-publications&p=10182"},"modified":"2026-08-19T11:11:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:11:41","slug":"the-role-of-journalistic-and-non-journalistic-sources-in-young-peoples-news-related-practices","status":"publish","type":"hbi-publications","link":"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/the-role-of-journalistic-and-non-journalistic-sources-in-young-peoples-news-related-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"The Role of Journalistic and non-Journalistic Sources in Young Peoples\u2019 News Related Practices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leonie Wunderlich<\/a>, Dr. Sascha H\u00f6lig<\/a> and Prof. em. Dr. Uwe Hasebrink<\/a> write about journalistic and non-journalistic sources in young people’s news consumption in their recently published article in The International Journal for Press\/Politics<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"Cover\"The article is based on data collected as part of the Use the News project<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wunderlich, L.; H\u00f6lig, S.; Hasebrink, U. (2022) Does Journalism Still Matter? The Role of Journalistic and non-Journalistic Sources in Young Peoples\u2019 News Related Practices. In: The International Journal of Press\/Politics. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/19401612211072547<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

Abstract<\/h2>\n

In today’s hybrid media environment new content creators challenge the status of professionally produced journalism and blur the lines between professional and non-professional content. Growing up in this information landscape, younger generations have developed news-related practices and attitudes that lie in stark contrast to those of previous generations. In addition, discrepancies exist between news definitions and the use practices of young people. We conducted focus groups with German adolescents (15\u201317 years), young adults (18\u201324 years) and adults (40\u201353 years) in August 2020 to uncover young peoples\u2019 orientation toward news and journalism. Our study indicates that the boundaries of what journalism is and what it is not are becoming increasingly indistinct. However, distinctions do emerge between the journalistic and non-journalistic sources that adolescents and young adults use and the functions they associate with them according to their information needs. Differences between the age groups become apparent in their motivations to stay informed which highlights the important role non-journalistic sources play in information behaviour and opinion formation. For teenage participants especially, Social Media Influencers (SMIs) are relevant within these processes, which are linked to a perceived social duty-to-keep-informed. Moreover, findings from the focus groups highlight cohort-specific differences regarding the understanding of journalism and, consequently, differences in the assessment of trust and reliability as well as the verification strategies that are applied. In sum, for young participants journalism is a reliable source of information, especially in the case of current events and for crosschecking online information, while non-journalistic sources fulfil social needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2433,"template":"","tags":[398],"class_list":["post-10182","hbi-publications","type-hbi-publications","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-miscellaneous"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Role of Journalistic and non-Journalistic Sources in Young Peoples\u2019 News Related Practices - Leibniz HBI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newws.leibniz-hbi.de\/en\/hbi-publications\/the-role-of-journalistic-and-non-journalistic-sources-in-young-peoples-news-related-practices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Role of Journalistic and non-Journalistic Sources in Young Peoples\u2019 News Related Practices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Leonie Wunderlich, Dr. Sascha H\u00f6lig and Prof. em. 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