Journalism in the Generation Z Age

D. Jasun Carr; Mitchell T. Bard

doi:10.5771/9781793639950

Summary

This book examines how Generation Z, defined by their orientation as “social media natives,” grew up in a media system centered around social media. D. Jasun Carr and Mitchell T. Bard explore how Gen Z consumes news media differently than other cohorts, and how this shift in consumption affects both the members of Gen Z, the media, and media scholarship. The authors take a media ecology approach to laying out the new media landscape in which Gen Z was raised, before looking at how this new ecology affects many of the traditional theories and underpinnings of media effects, media psychology, and journalism. Through the use of original experimental research and the compilation of extant theory and survey data, Carr and Bard argue that while members of Gen Z eschew the more traditional structures of the media ecosystem in favor of those that incorporate a social element, they nevertheless behave, in many ways, similarly to those who came before. Scholars of communication, media studies, social media, and journalism will find this book of particular interest.

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Edition: 1/2023
Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-3994-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-3995-0
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 138
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
The Foundations of a Discipline No access Pages 1 - 10
Generation Z No access Pages 11 - 32
How Generation Z Values, Consumes, and Evaluates Journalism No access Pages 33 - 48
How Generation Z Members Choose Their News No access Pages 49 - 70
Fake News, Clickbait, and Trust No access Pages 71 - 88
Entertainment versus News No access Pages 89 - 104
The Kids Are Alright No access Pages 105 - 110
Bibliography No access Pages 111 - 128
Index No access Pages 129 - 136
About the Authors No access Pages 137 - 138