News consumption and political participation of young people in new media

A narrative literature review

Bibliographic Data

ID21642004
AuthorsCatarina Feio (0000-0002-6255-8128, University of Aveiro, corresponding author), Lídia Oliveira (0000-0002-3278-0326, University of Aveiro)
Year2025
Volume28
Issue1
Pages101-129
Publication date2025-01-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Communication Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1071-4421 • E-ISSN: 1547-7487
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10714421.2024.2419693
OpenAlexW4403694460
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited108

Nowadays, young people are heavily active in new media, especially on social media. It is on these platforms that they primarily consume news. These platforms are also a tool for expressing their opinions on current affairs and for political participation. Online media therefore presents great opportunities and advantages, but also new challenges in terms of safe information consumption and the construction of public opinion. This narrative literature review analyses the literature published between 2018 and 2023 on young people’s information consumption and political participation in the context of new media. In addition to providing a narrative overview of published research, it also lists existing studies and points out the ramifications of research on this complex subject, as well as possible future investigations and topics of study

Art · Internet privacy · Media consumption · Media studies · Narrative · Narrative review · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Public relations · Social media · Social science · Sociology · World Wide Web · Computer Science · History · Law · Media Influence and Health · Misinformation and Its Impacts · Psychology · Social Media and Politics

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