Reflections on the new peer to peer news paradigm as exploited by youngsters. The influence of both education level and type on news participation, seeding behavior and attitudes within web 2.0 environments

摘要

The presentation discusses the media use of 16-to-25 year olds, and particularly their appetite for news and their attitudes and motivations towards User Generated Content. To what degree do they participate in news production and in which circumstances are they likely to seed and co-create news items? The presentation focuses on the role of educational level achieved in secondary school and current training at college: Informatics and Journalism. Furthermore, the presentation focuses on the seeding aspects of fun and news items. Social media users tend to share content with peers more often and with more people than ever before. To what degree do youngsters trust these sources? It seems that the level of trust required is different from one source to another