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What are media? An interview study with children and young people on the meaning of media-related words

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.

In summary, it can be stated that the informants have a fairly common interpretation of the various concepts discussed in the interviews. However, the interpretation of news differed between age groups. Another example from the results concerns social media. There, the younger and older informants generally had a common delineation of which platforms are usually considered social media. Examples include Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok. Among the younger informants, however, there were some more unclear examples such as Google Assistant and Siri. Among the older informants, there were also some more abstract descriptions of what distinguishes social media from other media.

  • Swedish Safer Internet Centre
  • other
  • Sweden

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.

In summary, it can be stated that the informants have a fairly common interpretation of the various concepts discussed in the interviews. However, the interpretation of news differed between age groups. Another example from the results concerns social media. There, the younger and older informants generally had a common delineation of which platforms are usually considered social media. Examples include Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and TikTok. Among the younger informants, however, there were some more unclear examples such as Google Assistant and Siri. Among the older informants, there were also some more abstract descriptions of what distinguishes social media from other media.

  • Swedish Safer Internet Centre
  • other
  • Sweden