Almost 40 percent of Swiss young people between 12 and 19 years are exposed to Fake News. Do you trust the classic media , obtain information from social media. This media consumption, faced with Manipulation and misinformation.
Two-thirds of Swiss young people interested in current events in the world, such as the on Thursday, James published the focus report of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences, and Swisscom.
Instead of the classical use of mass media, young people are increasingly social networks such as Facebook or Instagram. 57 per cent of the respondents consider it important to know about the latest News know. For young people the main areas of interest and music (67 percent), followed by current events (66 percent), sports (55 percent) or Stars (48 percent).
Little interest in politics
by Contrast, only slightly more than a third of international politics, and only a fifth for Swiss politics is interested. A third is supplied mainly through interviews or new media, with information. Another third was informed about the classical media.
in Total, around 40 per cent of the young people, to be in contact with a message came, which proved in retrospect to be wrong. The details are self-assessments. to recognize
not true, it need efforts on the part of parents and school, is a conclusion of the study authors. Media education should offer tools and methods with which children and young people True of False. Therefore, there is a need for the awareness of that fact-checked News are labour intensive and only possible if consumers have to pay for it.
trust in television
Although an increasing proportion of young people are not informed about classical mass media, the trust in these media is the greatest. As the most credible source is all called the television, followed by Newspapers. Only a third of 12 – to 19-Year-old informed via the television, there seems to be a credible channel of information, but anchored. The along with the socialization in families in which the “daily show” belongs to the fixed daily program.
The Internet is the young people trust the least. Only one fifth seems to be the most information on the Internet credible. The Rest of the young people believes that only about half or even less can be trusted. (Taken over by 20 minutes, edited by Tamedia). (fal/sda)
Created: 11.04.2019, 10:44 PM
