ABSTRACT

Contemporary audiences have abundant access to news anywhere, anytime and through a wide range of media. Due to the short length of news items, they do not require prolonged attentional focus. Consequently, the genre is consequential for performing simultaneous activities, which are related (i.e. second screening) or unrelated (i.e. media multitasking) to the content of the news items. Despite the potential of second screen activities to increase the political participation of young people, and the fact that adolescents are heavy users of digital media, there is almost no data on the extent to which they perform such activities. Also, there are almost no comparative data about the rates of news video consumption of adolescents vs. adults.

This descriptive study analyzes how adolescents and adults consume news video content in an era of second screens. For four consecutive days, subjects reported their viewing behaviors using a dedicated mobile application. Results demonstrate that adolescents consume significantly less news video content compared to adults; smartphones occupy a more prominent role in their news consumption behavior compared to adults; and they are significantly more involved in Second Screening activities. Implications of the findings for understanding adolescents’ contemporary media ecology are examined.

IMPACT SUMMARY

• a. Prior State of Knowledge:

Young people are the primary age group that consumes news content mainly on digital platforms, and simultaneously performs multitasking and second screening activities.

b. Novel Contributions:

Adolescents’ consumption habits are significantly different from those of adults: they consume less news, the smartphone occupies a more prominent role in their news consumption behavior, and they are significantly more involved in second screening activities.

c. Practical implications:

The question of how adolescents consume news content has sparked significant interest of scholars and parents alike. As adolescents are in a developmental stage in which they socialize and acquire habits that will affect them later in life, an understanding of their media consumption habits can have significant consequences contemporarily, and possibly at later stages in their lives. The paper provides novel insights about adolescents’ news consumption patterns.

中文翻译：

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新媒体时代的新闻视频消费：青少年与成人的比较

摘要

当代观众可以随时随地通过各种媒体获得丰富的新闻。由于新闻项目的长度很短，它们不需要长时间的注意力集中。因此，类型对于执行与新闻项目的内容相关（即第二次放映）或不相关（即媒体多任务处理）的同时活动是必然的。尽管第二屏幕活动有可能增加年轻人的政治参与，而且青少年是数字媒体的重度用户，但几乎没有关于他们进行此类活动程度的数据。此外，几乎没有关于青少年与成人的新闻视频消费率的比较数据。

这项描述性研究分析了青少年和成年人在第二屏幕时代如何消费新闻视频内容。连续四天，受试者使用专用的移动应用程序报告他们的观看行为。结果表明，与成年人相比，青少年消费的新闻视频内容要少得多；与成年人相比，智能手机在其新闻消费行为中的作用更为突出；他们明显更多地参与了二次筛选活动。研究结果对理解青少年当代媒体生态的影响。

影响总结

• 一种。先前的知识状态：

年轻人是主要在数字平台上消费新闻内容，同时进行多任务和二次筛选活动的主要年龄段。

湾。小说贡献：

青少年的消费习惯与成年人显着不同：他们消费新闻较少，智能手机在新闻消费行为中的作用更为突出，并且他们明显更多地参与二次筛选活动。

C。实际影响：

青少年如何消费新闻内容的问题引起了学者和家长的极大兴趣。由于青少年正处于社交和养成习惯的发展阶段，这些习惯会影响他们以后的生活，因此了解他们的媒体消费习惯可能会在当代产生重大影响，并可能在他们生命的后期阶段产生重大影响。该论文提供了有关青少年新闻消费模式的新颖见解。