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How youth define, consume, and evaluate news: Reviewing two decades of research

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New Media & Society

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Abstract

New Media & Society, Volume 28, Issue 4, Page 1851-1869, April 2026.
This article offers an overview of 94 scientific studies (published between 2006 and 2022) to examine how young people (ages 10–36) define, consume, and evaluate news. Research on news and youth has exploded over the past decades, but what can we conclude ...