TY - BOOK
T1 - News and Young Australians in 2023: How Children and Teens Access, Perceive and are Affected by News Media
AU - Notley, Tanya
AU - Chambers, Simon
AU - Zhong, Hua (Flora)
AU - Park, Sora
AU - Lee, Jee Y.
AU - Dezuanni, Michael
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - The Young People and News longitudinal survey series provides comprehensive findings about the news attitudes, practices and experiences of young Australians aged 8-16 years. The 2023 survey analysis shows that news plays an important role in young people’s everyday lives and most young people get news from diverse sources. Family is the most frequent and trusted source of news for young people. Young people have a low level of trust in Australian news organisations, and they do not believe that they are understood by these organisations. There has been an increase in the number of young people who get news from social media, however, there is a low level of awareness of how algorithms deliver news. Although there has been a modest increase in the number of young people who had a news literacy lesson in school, three in four young people did not receive any lessons in school over the past year to help them determine if news content is true and trustworthy, indicating a gap in media literacy education.
AB - The Young People and News longitudinal survey series provides comprehensive findings about the news attitudes, practices and experiences of young Australians aged 8-16 years. The 2023 survey analysis shows that news plays an important role in young people’s everyday lives and most young people get news from diverse sources. Family is the most frequent and trusted source of news for young people. Young people have a low level of trust in Australian news organisations, and they do not believe that they are understood by these organisations. There has been an increase in the number of young people who get news from social media, however, there is a low level of awareness of how algorithms deliver news. Although there has been a modest increase in the number of young people who had a news literacy lesson in school, three in four young people did not receive any lessons in school over the past year to help them determine if news content is true and trustworthy, indicating a gap in media literacy education.
UR - https://hdl.handle.net/1959.7/uws:72608
M3 - Research report
BT - News and Young Australians in 2023: How Children and Teens Access, Perceive and are Affected by News Media
PB - Western Sydney University
CY - Penrith, N.S.W.
ER -