MMD 16 - Sandra Cortesi - Youth and Online News

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Illustra-ons by Youth and Media Youth Advisor Elsa Brown

Youth and Online NewsMobile Media Day 2016November 14, 2016 //

Sandra Cortesi //

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[In most cases, youth ages 12-18]

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social media

privacy

safety augmented

reality skills and digital literacy

online news ar-ficial intelligence

informa-on quality

Today – A Navigation AidI.  IntroductionII.  Online news - what we can learn from youth

1.  A broader understanding of news2.  Mobile and platform diversification3.  Interactivity

III.  Ideas for youth engagement1.  Shape your mindset / adapt a youth perspective2.  Enter youth spaces3.  Enable participation

IV.  Why it matters

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A different understanding of news.

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1)  Related to politics or current eventsAligns with the systematic definition of news as information that empowers citizens to be active and engaged in democracy and community (Downie & Kaiser, 2003).

Female, 17: “It depends, but the first things that come to mind, for me, when you hear about news, is politics or political things like the government. And I think of the newspaper because even news shows are not separate from gossip anymore.” (2013)

2) Anything “breaking”Aligns with the broad empirical definition of news as anything from information about current events to a friend’s new relationship (Cortesi, Haduong, Gasser, & Beaton, 2013).

Female, 15: “News doesn’t have to be major, though – just something that needs to be told.” (2013)

Female, 14: “Well, news means to me, I don’t know, updates. Things that are going on. Things that are going on around the world.” (2013)

Male, 17: “New games.” (2013)

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3) “Feeds” and postsIn the digitally networked environment, “news feeds” (Facebook) and “feeds” (Twitter, Tumblr) indicate that peers’ posts are news (Downie & Schudson, 2009).

Female, 14: “Anything that people post counts as news. ‘Cause everything shows up in your news feed.” (2013)

Male, 16: “If it shows up in my news feed, it’s news to me.” (2013)

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Mobile and platform diversification.2

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Platform Diversification1.  Individual / peer group(s)2.  Audiences3.  Features / affordances4.  Context5.  Perceived intimacy/privacy

What Teens Share on Social Media

20 Source: http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/05/21/what-teens-share-on-social-media/

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Platform Diversification in Numbers

Source: Piper Jaffray – “Taking Stock with Teens” (Fall 2016)

Snapchat

Instagram

Twi1er

Facebook

Pinterest

Google +

Percentage of Teens Who Use SNS Once A Month - Fall 2016 + 2015

Interactivity.

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Shape your mindset / adapt a youth perspective.1

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Enter youth spaces.

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As (young) users shiN priority from social networks to messaging apps like WhatsApp, Snapchat, Facebook Messenger, etc., they have become powerful news plaTorms.

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Source: hVps://techcrunch.com/2016/11/10/facebook-‐admits-‐it-‐must-‐do-‐more-‐to-‐stop-‐the-‐spread-‐of-‐misinforma-on-‐on-‐its-‐plaTorm/?ncid=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

Source: hVps://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkantrowitz/mark-‐zuckerberg-‐on-‐fake-‐news-‐iden-fying-‐the-‐truth-‐is-‐compli?utm_term=.jurb45oKJ#.tn2B2KJ3N

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Source: hVp://www.geekwire.com/2016/wake-‐trump-‐victory-‐ex-‐twiVer-‐soNware-‐engineer-‐asks-‐build/

Enable participation.

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21st-century skills

Source: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/03/21st-century-skills-future-jobs-students/

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