Diversity and Credibility in Young People's News Feeds: A Foundation for Teaching and Learning Citizenship in a Digital Era.

Autor/inn/en	Nygren, Thomas; Brunéus, Fredrik; Svensson, Göran
Titel	Diversity and Credibility in Young People's News Feeds: A Foundation for Teaching and Learning Citizenship in a Digital Era.
Quelle	In: Journal of social science education, 18 (2019) 2, S. 87-109Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Beigaben	Literaturangaben
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1439-6246; 1618-5293
DOI	10.4119/jsse-917
Schlagwörter	Empirische Untersuchung; Glaubwürdigkeit; Mediennutzung; Nachrichten; Politische Bildung; Internet; Schweden
Abstract	The credibility of digital news is presently a topic of debate, and curricula underline the importance of media literacy. However, the content and credibility of young people's news feeds have not been investigated in detail in any large-scale studies. Here the authors explore the nature of news featured in Swedish upper secondary school students' news feeds, how news is shared, and how credible the news is according to the students. Using citizen science and a mixed methods approach the authors review 2617 news from authentic news feeds. The students' news feeds primarily contain hard news from established news media. News is predominately found on news domains, not through social media. Soft news is less common and is perceived as less credible. Boys find more sports while girls identify more entertainment and lifestyle news. The news feeds also contain some highly biased political information. The study was carried out in Sweden, and further international research on authentic news feeds is needed to view results in relation to society and educational practices. In education, students' news feeds can be used to scrutinize credibility and help students navigate towards credible news domains to support democratic engagement (Original übernommen).
Erfasst von	DIPF \| Leibniz-Institut für Bildungsforschung und Bildungsinformation, Frankfurt am Main (extern)
Update	2020/3