Leonie Wunderlich and Dr. Sascha Hölig present the results of the surveys conducted within the framework of the project Use the News in their article recently published in the journal Media and Communication.
Users can be characterised by a certain pattern of news-related attitudes, the use of sources and their relevance for opinion formation as well as the perceived level of information. Leonie Wunderlich and Sascha Hölig have examined how these patterns differ between and within three age groups and explore the connection with socio-political knowledge. The results show that not all young people are necessarily less interested and engaged in news and journalism than older people. Rather, it is a combination of interest, use and perceived relevance of journalistic sources that is relevant for positive effects on information status.
The paper is available as an open access publication.
Download the article here (PDF)
Leonie Wunderlich and Dr. Sascha Hölig present the results of the surveys conducted within the framework of the project Use the News in their article recently published in the journal Media and Communication.
Users can be characterised by a certain pattern of news-related attitudes, the use of sources and their relevance for opinion formation as well as the perceived level of information. Leonie Wunderlich and Sascha Hölig have examined how these patterns differ between and within three age groups and explore the connection with socio-political knowledge. The results show that not all young people are necessarily less interested and engaged in news and journalism than older people. Rather, it is a combination of interest, use and perceived relevance of journalistic sources that is relevant for positive effects on information status.
The paper is available as an open access publication.
Download the article here (PDF)
2022