This study includes interviews with just over 80 children and young people aged 9–16. The purpose of the study was to strengthen the reliability and validity of “Children & Media” (our study conducted every other year on children's media use during their free time). The study is also part of our work to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child within the Agency's area of operation.

The interview guide covers four overarching themes regarding news, social media, influencers, and computer gaming.

The results show both differences and similarities in the informants' statements about news, social media, influencers, and gaming alone and together. The respondents mostly understand the words in the way that the researchers intended. There were some examples when the older children could not specify the difference between news and other types of information, especially in social media.