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Engaging With the News: Applying the 5Cs Model of News Literacy to Young Audiences

Engaging With the News: Applying the 5Cs Model of News Literacy to Young Audiences
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Author(s): Sameera Tahira Ahmed (UAE University, UAE)
Copyright: 2024
Pages: 19
Source title: Changing Global Media Landscapes: Convergence, Fragmentation, and Polarization
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Jabbar A. Al-Obaidi (Bridgewater State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-3693-3767-7.ch009

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Abstract

News literacy (NL) is an increasingly important aspect of media literacy as it emphasises the role that news plays in our daily lives and asks questions about production, consumption, understanding and impact of information garnered from news in contemporary digital media environments. The news consumption of young people is of great interest for both academic and industry sectors as it is often misunderstood or stereotyped yet is key in helping understand future trends. This chapter seeks to apply the 5Cs model of NL to examine the news consumption of university students in a Gulf state. Using data obtained from an online survey (n = 435), it examines context, creation, content, circulation and consumption. In doing so it demonstrates that young people are aware of and practice news literacy behaviours (NLB) which are critical for operating in today's global digital news media environments.

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