This thesis investigates the perceptions of news and current information practices among young people living in a highly mediatized world, and examines cross-media relationships
among their perceptions of news, media choices, and technological preferences. For this, we used the concept of media repertoires, which enables in-depth conceptualization and empirical verification of media practices in both everyday life and at the intersections of family and educational or peer context. With the help of an in-depth review of related studies, and independent qualitative research on a small group of high school students, we found that the current news media consumption of young people is structured into three separate news repertoires, which indicate a positive correlation between news media preferences, perception of news, and specific information practices. The so-called “informed traditionalists”, for example, separate news from other content on the basis of technology and more often access news on purpose, and using traditional media. “Occasional credibles” are primarily informed on social networks, but also use credible news sources, which are also their definition of news. “The randomly informed platformers” come across news accidentally while using various social platforms, and consequently define news in connection with content. The study confirms that when researching the perception of news and information practices, it is necessary to take into account both the everyday life of the media audience and their key social networks as a starting point of the research.
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