Mind the Gap! Journalism on Social Media and News Consumption Among Young Audiences

Social media have become the main gateway to information for young people, helping to determine and shape the young’s visions of the present, which is also conditioned by news sharing among users. News media are tasked with remaining relevant to these young audiences and are trying to reach the plac...

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Autores: Vázquez Herrero, Jorge, Negreira Rey, María Cruz, Sixto García, José
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)
Repositorio:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10347/40028
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Audience studies
Social media
Young people
News sharing
News providers
News use
Journalism
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spelling Mind the Gap! Journalism on Social Media and News Consumption Among Young AudiencesVázquez Herrero, JorgeNegreira Rey, María CruzSixto García, JoséAudience studiesSocial mediaYoung peopleNews sharingNews providersNews useJournalismSocial media have become the main gateway to information for young people, helping to determine and shape the young’s visions of the present, which is also conditioned by news sharing among users. News media are tasked with remaining relevant to these young audiences and are trying to reach the places where they are digitally most active. By combining quantitative and qualitative methods, two perspectives were analyzed in this study. The first was the news use on social media of young Spanish, French, and British people (N = 1,528) aged 18–25. The second was the content dissemination strategies implemented within social networking sites by the 30 most consumed media in these European countries. The results confirm the pre-eminence of social media as channels of information and as alternatives to traditional media, with distributed, incidental consumption throughout the day. Meanwhile, the news media are implementing strategies to get integrated into the platforms that most engage new audiencesUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversidade de Santiago de Compostela. Departamento de Ciencias da Comunicación20222022-01-0120222022-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10347/40028reponame:Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostelainstname:Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC)InglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica, Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023 PID2021-122534OB-C21 MEDIOS NATIVOS DIGITALES EN ESPAÑA: ESTRATEGIAS, COMPETENCIAS, IMPLICACION SOCIAL Y (RE)DEFINICION DE PRACTICAS EN LA PRODUCCION Y DIFUSION PERIODISTICASopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Copyright © 2022 (Jorge Vázquez-Herrero, María-Cruz Negreira-Rey, and José Sixto-García). Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd). Available at http://ijoc.org.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/400282026-06-15T12:47:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Mind the Gap! Journalism on Social Media and News Consumption Among Young Audiences
title Mind the Gap! Journalism on Social Media and News Consumption Among Young Audiences
spellingShingle Mind the Gap! Journalism on Social Media and News Consumption Among Young Audiences
Vázquez Herrero, Jorge
Audience studies
Social media
Young people
News sharing
News providers
News use
Journalism
title_short Mind the Gap! Journalism on Social Media and News Consumption Among Young Audiences
title_full Mind the Gap! Journalism on Social Media and News Consumption Among Young Audiences
title_fullStr Mind the Gap! Journalism on Social Media and News Consumption Among Young Audiences
title_full_unstemmed Mind the Gap! Journalism on Social Media and News Consumption Among Young Audiences
title_sort Mind the Gap! Journalism on Social Media and News Consumption Among Young Audiences
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Vázquez Herrero, Jorge
Negreira Rey, María Cruz
Sixto García, José
author Vázquez Herrero, Jorge
author_facet Vázquez Herrero, Jorge
Negreira Rey, María Cruz
Sixto García, José
author_role author
author2 Negreira Rey, María Cruz
Sixto García, José
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Audience studies
Social media
Young people
News sharing
News providers
News use
Journalism
topic Audience studies
Social media
Young people
News sharing
News providers
News use
Journalism
description Social media have become the main gateway to information for young people, helping to determine and shape the young’s visions of the present, which is also conditioned by news sharing among users. News media are tasked with remaining relevant to these young audiences and are trying to reach the places where they are digitally most active. By combining quantitative and qualitative methods, two perspectives were analyzed in this study. The first was the news use on social media of young Spanish, French, and British people (N = 1,528) aged 18–25. The second was the content dissemination strategies implemented within social networking sites by the 30 most consumed media in these European countries. The results confirm the pre-eminence of social media as channels of information and as alternatives to traditional media, with distributed, incidental consumption throughout the day. Meanwhile, the news media are implementing strategies to get integrated into the platforms that most engage new audiences
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