Navigating the News - Young People, Digital Culture and Everyday Life

News today is a genre "in flux". New kinds of news producers and novel means of distributing, sharing and using news align with alternative ways of understanding what news is. Based on an extensive ethnography of news practices and perceptions among a broad range of young adults in Sweden, this book discusses how the rapid digitisation of news has shaped young people's understanding of it, as well as how news is made relevant, trusted and used in the temporalities and spatialities of everyday life. This cutting-edge volume analyses the blurring boundaries between news and social media, facts and stories, highlighting how new media categories such as influencers and memes can take on the status of news for young audiences and shape their understanding of themselves and the world.

About the author

Stina Bengtsson
is professor of Media and Communication Studies at Södertörn University. She has conducted a broad range of research projects and published several books and articles in the fields of media and everyday life, media audiences, youth studies and digital culture.

Sofia Johansson
is associate professor of Media and Communication Studies at Södertörn University. Her research interests cover media audiences, popular journalism, celebrity culture and audiences and digital culture. She has authored and contributed to several books and anthologies, as well as published articles in various international journals.

Summary

News today is a genre "in flux". New kinds of news producers and novel means of distributing, sharing and using news align with alternative ways of
understanding
what news is. Based on an extensive ethnography of news practices and perceptions among a broad range of young adults in Sweden, this book discusses how the rapid digitisation of news has shaped young people’s understanding of it, as well as how news is made relevant, trusted and used in the temporalities and spatialities of everyday life. This cutting-edge volume analyses the blurring boundaries between news and social media, facts and stories, highlighting how new media categories such as influencers and memes can take on the status of news for young audiences and shape their understanding of themselves and the world.

Product details

• Authors: Stina Bengtsson, Sofia Johansson
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.11.2024
• EAN: 9783111340289
• ISBN: 978-3-11-134028-9
• No. of pages: 162
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 8 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 265 g
• Illustrations: 1 b/w tbl.
• Series: De Gruyter Contemporary Social Sciences
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication; Verstehen, Alltag, Social Media, News, Altersgruppen: Jugendliche, Media Studies, Sociology, Presse und Journalismus, Nachrichten, Digital Media, Digitale Medien, Everyday Life, Phenomenology, Phänomenologie, Heranwachsender, Altersgruppen: Erwachsene, Youth, Political science & theory, Communication Studies, Desinformation und Fehlinformation, SOC000000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Age groups: adolescents, SOC026000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOC071000 SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies