Media studies, Vol. 15 No. 29, 2024.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20901/ms.15.29.3
News repertoires in destabilised everyday lives: a study among adolescents in Slovenia
Tanja Oblak Črnič
; Faculty of Social Sciences, University in Ljubljana
Katja Koren Ošljak
orcid.org/0009-0003-9168-3475
; Faculty of Social Sciences, University in Ljubljana
Dejan Jontes
orcid.org/0000-0002-9736-9706
; Faculty of Social Sciences, University in Ljubljana
Abstract
Traditional media consumption in the form of reading, watching or listening is being replaced by ephemeral practices such as clicking, searching and scanning, where the ‘checking circle’ has become a daily routine of constant browsing, checking and posting. In particular, these interrelated practices are constantly present among adolescents, who skilfully switch between multiple media, contexts and situations. The interdependence of such cross-media uses suggests that empirical research should focus beyond a single medium. The aim of this research was to examine news repertoires from the perspective of adolescents and highlight how biographical disruption during the Covid-19 pandemic had affected news consumption among young audiences. This article presents the results of a research project, within which focus groups on a sample of 67 adolescents aged 12–19 years were conducted. It also provides an analysis of a slightly smaller sample of 59 media sketches. The aim of the latter analysis was to identify the media preferences and potential interactions of young people. Six distinct news repertoires have been identified, which confirms the ambivalence of teenagers in terms of their media preferences. At the same time, teenagers generate their own personal ‘news media assemblies’ within their disrupted everyday lives.
Keywords
news repertoires; platform sociability; youth; media sketches; biographical disruption
Hrčak ID:
320726
URI
Publication date:
16.9.2024.
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