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Exploring Mental Health and Digital Technologies Among Young People in Rural Areas

C. M. Gonzales

Hopelab (2025), 19 pp.

"Young people in rural areas report distinct patterns in how they engage with digital technologies compared to their suburban and urban peers. These notable patterns are both shaped by and contribute to their experiences with digital connection, mental health, and well-being. This report highlights ... more

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Au Togo, la radio résiste encore à la croissance des médias sociaux comme source d’information

Victor Emmanuel Ekwa Bebe III

Afrobarometer (2025), 9 pp.

"Selon la récente enquête Afrobarometer, la radio, média classique, demeure néanmoins en tête des sources d’information au Togo. La majorité des citoyens s’y informent régulièrement, loin devant les réseaux sociaux, la télévision et la presse écrite. Cependant, les usages évoluent : ... more

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Our Online Lives: Messages from Pre-Teens

Adrienne Katz, Ebru Ozbek

Youthworks (2025), 19 pp.

"This report describes responses from pre-teens about their digital lives, delivering insights into their experiences, feelings, and concerns. While there are challenges in educating children aged 11-12 about online safety, hearing firsthand about their experiences can help direct our attention to t ... more

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Info-Monitor 2025

Berlin: Die Medienanstalten (2025), 80 pp.

"Der Info-Monitor der Medienanstalten dokumentiert, wo und wie sich die Bevölkerung in Deutschland zum aktuellen Zeitgeschehen informiert. Nutzung: Der Bedarf in der Bevölkerung an Informationen zum aktuellen Zeitgeschehen ist groß. Mehr als 90 Prozent interessieren sich für aktuelle Themen und ... more

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Stabiles Medienvertrauen auch in Zeiten politischer Umbrüche: Mainzer Langzeitstudie Medienvertrauen 2024

Media Perspektiven, issue 13 (2025), 20 pp.

"Das Medienvertrauen in Deutschland bleibt 2024 gegenüber dem Vorjahr weitgehend stabil und ist auch in einer langfristigen Perspektive recht robust. Das öffentlich-rechtliche Fernsehen ist nach wie vor die Mediengattung, der am meisten vertraut wird. Das Vertrauen in den öffentlich-rechtlichen ... more

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Ugandans support free media that holds government accountable

Jane Mercy Muthoni Kamunyi

Afrobarometer (2025), 10 pp.

"Findings from the Afrobarometer Round 9 survey (2022) show that a strong majority of Ugandans supported media freedom and believed the media should play a watchdog role by investigating and reporting on government mistakes and corruption. Most citizens said the public should have access to governme ... more

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Zwischen Bildschirmzeit und Selbstregulation: Soziale Medien im Alltag von Jugendlichen

Düsseldorf: Vodafone Stiftung Deutschland (2025), 44 pp.

"Soziale Medien sind aus dem Alltag junger Menschen in Deutschland nicht mehr wegzudenken: Ein großer Teil (69 %) der Jugendlichen verbringt mehr als die vom Bundesinstitut für Öffentliche Gesundheit empfohlenen zwei Stunden täglich am Bildschirm (vgl. BIÖG, o. D.). Davon weisen 27 % eine tägl ... iche Bildschirmzeit von fünf Stunden oder mehr auf. Darunter häufiger Mädchen (32 %) als Jungen (23 %), ebenso Jugendliche mit formal niedriger oder mittlerer Bildung im Vergleich zu solchen mit höherer Bildung (32 % zu 20 %). Erstes Smartphone und Regeln im Elternhaus: Jugendliche bekommen ihr erstes Smartphone im Schnitt mit elf Jahren, 72 % der Jugendlichen erhalten es zwischen neun und zwölf Jahren, am häufigsten mit zehn Jahren (28 %). Mit 16 Jahren besitzen fast alle ein eigenes Gerät. In der Hälfte der Haushalte mit Jugendlichen unter 18 Jahre gibt es keine Regeln zur Mediennutzung. Wenn es Regeln gibt, dann meist zeitliche (30 %) oder inhaltliche Begrenzungen (27 %) von bestimmten Apps oder Seiten. Dabei wird häufiger das Gespräch gesucht, als dass Verbote ausgesprochen werden. 57 % der Jugendlichen finden, dass sie selbst über ihren Medienkonsum entscheiden sollten. Zwei Drittel der Befragten (64 %) geben an, dass ihre Eltern über das von ihnen genutzte Plattformangebot informiert seien, und 47 % sagen, ihre Eltern wüssten auch, welche Inhalte sie konsumieren – bei jungen Frauen häufiger (52 %) als bei jungen Männern (42 %). Soziale Medien und Gefühle: Bei der Nutzung sozialer Medien überwiegen für das Gros der jungen Menschen positive Gefühle wie Freude (83 %), Neugier (81 %) und Entspannung (67 %). Negative Emotionen wie Einsamkeit (37 %), Neid auf andere (34 %) oder Stress (33 %) empfindet etwa ein Drittel. Rund ein Fünftel (21 %) fühlt sich nach der Nutzung sozialer Medien sogar schuldig. Junge Frauen berichten dabei häufiger von negativen Gefühlen als junge Männer. Neben den individuellen Emotionen zeigt sich auch, wie stark soziale Medien mit Gruppenzugehörigkeit und dem Selbstbild verbunden sind. [...] Funktionen von und Belastungen durch soziale(n) Medien: Soziale Medien dienen Jugendlichen als Plattform für Unterhaltung und Kommunikation, bringen aber auch Ausgrenzung, soziale Vergleiche und digitalen Stress mit sich. Fast alle Jugendlichen (95 %) nutzen soziale Medien zur Unterhaltung. Auch der Austausch mit Freund:innen (85 %) und Inspiration (81 %) spielen eine zentrale Rolle. Die Hälfte (50 %) der Jugendlichen nutzt soziale Medien, um nichts zu verpassen. Gleichzeitig berichten 29 % von sozialem Druck sowie Ausgrenzung und Abwertung (46 %). Junge Frauen berichten häufiger von sozialen Vergleichen als junge Männer (52 % zu 31 %) und geben deutlich öfter an, regelmäßig emotional belastenden Inhalten zu begegnen (46 % zu 27 %). Selbstregulierung: Strategien für bewusste Nutzung: Die Mehrheit der Jugendlichen schafft es nicht, ihre Nutzung sozialer Medien zu begrenzen: Knapp drei Viertel (73 %) verbringen mehr Zeit damit, als ihnen lieb ist. 56 % würden soziale Medien gern weniger nutzen, schaffen es aber nicht. 61 % geben an, dadurch andere Dinge zu vernachlässigen – bei jungen Frauen liegt dieser Anteil mit 70 % deutlich höher als bei jungen Männern (53 %). Auch wenn es Jugendlichen nach eigenen Aussagen schwerfällt, ihre Nutzungszeit auf den sozialen Medien zu begrenzen, reflektieren 47 % das eigene Nutzungsverhalten regelmäßig. Sie entwickeln Strategien, um ihr Verhalten zu steuern: bestimmte Mitteilungen werden deaktiviert (69 %), das Handy wird bewusst auf „Nicht stören“ gestellt (51 %) oder die sozialen Medien werden während des Lernens gemieden (58 %)." (Zusammenfassung der Ergebnisse, Seiten 4-5) more

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Klassisches Radio ist gut in der Region verankert: Ergebnisse und Methodik der ma 2025 Audio I

Karin Gattringer, Sabine Jaeger

Media Perspektiven, issue 9 (2025), 10 pp.

"Knapp 93 Prozent der deutschsprachigen Bevölkerung ab 14 Jahren hören der ma 2025 Audio I zufolge regelmäßig Audioangebote. Fast drei Viertel schalten täglich mindestens ein Radioprogramm ein und dies über vier Stunden lang. Der Radiomarkt fragmentiert weiter – die Anzahl der genannten Send ... more

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Télécoms en Mauritanie: L’impact des crédits de communication

Taghi Cheikhna Mohamed Taghioullah

Paris: L'Harmattan (2025), xviii, 224 pp.

"Cet ouvrage propose une lecture croisée du marketing et de la régulation dans le secteur des télécommunications mauritanien. À partir des comportements d’achat de crédit de communication, il interroge les enjeux de transparence tarifaire, d’équité et de gouvernance publique. L’auteur ... more

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Internationale Daten Jugend und Medien 2022

Heike vom Orde, Alexandra Durner

München: Internationales Zentralinstitut für das Jugend- und Bildungsfernsehen (IZI) (2025), 105 pp.

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Exploring news gratifications across age groups: A European study in 23 countries

Mónica Recalde, Alfonso Vara-Miguel, Jorge del Río Pérez, Cristina Sánchez-Blanco

European Journal of Communication, volume 40, issue 1 (2025), pp. 70-86

"Research on motivations for news consumption has primarily focused on uses and gratifications (U&G) from both conventional and new media. However, there is a gap regarding age perspectives in this field. This study aims to address this gap by examining whether differences and similarities exist in ... more

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Redes que atrapan: La explotación sexual de la infancia y la adolescencia en entornos digitales

Clara Burriel

Save the Children España (2025), 94 pp.

"Con este informe, se pretende arrojar algo de luz sobre un fenómeno especialmente complejo y todavía difícil de delimitar, en parte por la falta de una definición única y por la ausencia de datos que revelen su prevalencia real, pero también en parte por la normalización de determinadas cond ... more

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Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2025
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Nic Newman, Richard Fletcher, Craig T. Robertson, Amy Ross Arguedas, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (eds.)

Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2025), 170 pp.

"• Engagement with traditional media sources such as TV, print, and news websites continues to fall, while dependence on social media, video platforms, and online aggregators grows. This is particularly the case in the United States where polling overlapped with the first few weeks of the new Trum ... p administration. Social media news use was sharply up (+6pp) but there was no ‘Trump bump’ for traditional sources. • Personalities and influencers are, in some countries, playing a significant role in shaping public debates. One-fifth (22%) of our United States sample says they came across news or commentary from popular podcaster Joe Rogan in the week after the inauguration, including a disproportionate number of young men. In France, young news creator Hugo Travers (HugoDécrypte) reaches 22% of under-35s with content distributed mainly via YouTube and TikTok. Young influencers also play a significant role in many Asian countries, including Thailand. • News use across online platforms continues to fragment, with six online networks now reaching more than 10% weekly with news content, compared with just two a decade ago. Around a third of our global sample use Facebook (36%) and YouTube (30%) for news each week. Instagram (19%) and WhatsApp (19%) are used by around a fifth, while TikTok (16%) remains ahead of X at 12%. • Data show that usage of X for news is stable or increasing across many markets, with the biggest uplift in the United States (+8pp), Australia (+6pp), and Poland (+6pp). Since Elon Musk took over the network in 2022 many more right-leaning people, notably young men, have flocked to the network, while some progressive audiences have left or are using it less frequently. Rival networks like Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon are making little impact globally, with reach of 2% or less for news. • Changing platform strategies mean that video continues to grow in importance as a source of news. Across all markets the proportion consuming social video has grown from 52% in 2020 to 65% in 2025 and any video from 67% to 75%. In the Philippines, Thailand, Kenya, and India more people now say they prefer to watch the news rather than read it, further encouraging the shift to personality-led news creators. • Our survey also shows the importance of news podcasting in reaching younger, better-educated audiences. The United States has among the highest proportion (15%) accessing one or more podcasts in the last week, with many of these now filmed and distributed via video platforms such as YouTube and TikTok. By contrast, many northern European podcast markets remain dominated by public broadcasters or big legacy media companies and have been slower to adopt video versions. • TikTok is the fastest growing social and video network, adding a further 4pp across markets for news and reaching 49% of our online sample in Thailand (+10pp) and 40% in Malaysia (+9pp). But at the same time people in those markets see the network as one of the biggest threats when it comes to false or misleading information, along with Facebook. • Overall, over half our sample (58%) say they remain concerned about their ability to tell what is true from what is false when it comes to news online, a similar proportion to last year. Concern is highest in Africa (73%) and the United States (73%), with lowest levels in Western Europe (46%). • When it comes to underlying sources of false or misleading information, online influencers and personalities are seen as the biggest threat worldwide (47%), along with national politicians (47%). Concern about influencers is highest in African countries such as Nigeria (58%) and Kenya (59%), while politicians are considered the biggest threat in the United States (57%), Spain (57%), and much of Eastern Europe." (Executive summary, page 10-11) more

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Erfahrung von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Sexting und Pornos: Zentrale Ergebnisse der Befragung

Düsseldorf: Landesanstalt für Medien NRW (2024), 32 pp.

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Women and the media in Afghanistan: How to support female media workers in a challenging landscape

Catharine Buckell, Mahdi Zaki, Shukrana Azizi Suzanne Devai

London: BBC Media Action (2024), 50 pp.

"Women in Afghanistan continue to have less access to information than men, particularly through TV and the internet. At least 33% of women (more in rural areas) rely on family as a key source of information, while men prioritise other information sources. Yet Afghan women’s information needs have ... never been more pronounced – due to restrictions on their activities, many are confined to their homes. Women in Afghanistan with media access rely on this more than ever to keep updated on issues that concern them, and spend more time accessing and using media: "Now women are in the confines of their homes… The virtual space is the only window for us to learn about what is happening." (Female FGD participant, Herat). Two-thirds (65%) of female survey respondents say that the media is “very important” in their daily lives, compared with half (51%) of male respondents. Despite various efforts to cater to female audiences, 67% of female and male respondents feel that Afghan media only “somewhat” or “rarely” meets women’s needs. Reflecting restrictions on media content, respondents complain that domestic media contains too much religious content and not enough entertainment. However, educational content is still allowed, providing women and girls who are denied access to schooling with a vital source of education. Respondents are more satisfied with the balance of content in international media and media run by Afghans in exile, and they are more likely to watch some types of entertainment, such as movies, on international than domestic TV. However, a number of international media outlets are inaccessible from Afghanistan. Journalists inside Afghanistan are banned from working with international TV/radio channels or news sites, and some have been arrested for doing so. 87% of respondents say the presence of women in the media in Afghanistan has decreased since August 2021. Only 41% could name a female presenter or journalist. Almost all of those named by respondents worked in the media before 2021, or currently work from outside Afghanistan. Audience members support women featuring in news and educational programmes but are less supportive of them featuring in comedy and sports content. Over half (54%) of the general survey respondents say they would support a female relative to work as a journalist. A further 12% would support a female relative under certain conditions, including wearing the hijab and travelling with a mahram (women cannot leave their home without a male chaperone)." (Executive summary, page 6) more

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Building Trusted Media in a Fragile Setting: An Evaluation of Radio Ndeke Luka in Central African Republic

Jeffrey Conroy-Krutz

Michigan State University (2024), 8 pp.

"Can the impact of a news radio station on a highly vulnerable population in a crisis-affected country be measured? The installation of new FM transmitters for Radio Ndeke Luka in Beloko, Birao, and Obo in the Central African Republic offered an opportunity to carry out a field study measuring the i ... mpact of our radio station before and after its introduction in these remote regions of the country. The results of this study reveal a tangible impact and a shift in listeners’ perceptions, particularly regarding misinformation. The Central African Republic, marked by a weak central state, widespread poverty, and recurring intercommunal conflicts, is particularly vulnerable to misinformation. Radio Ndeke Luka, a project of Fondation Hirondelle in CAR, plays a crucial role by broadcasting reliable news 24/7 in both French and Sango across the country. Thanks to funding from the European Union, new FM transmitters for RNL were installed between December 2021 and April 2022 in remote areas of the Central African Republic, specifically in Beloko, Birao, and Obo. This provided an opportunity to assess the radio’s impact on local populations before and after the installation. Investigators from the local network of IMMAR Research & Consultancy followed a protocol developed by Dr. Jeff Conroy Krutz, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University. This protocol ensured a random selection of adult participants and gender balance. In total, over 1,700 people were interviewed before the transmitters were installed, and more than 1,800 afterwards, within the same communities across the three localities. Measured Impacts Increase in Audience: RNL became the most listened-to radio station in the targeted areas within months of the new transmitters going live. Relevance and Impartiality: 52% of listeners considered RNL’s programs essential to their daily lives. Trust and impartiality scores also improved between the pre- and post-launch periods. Trust in RNL far exceeded that of other locally accessible radio stations. Combating Misinformation: Residents of the three areas reported significantly greater confidence in their ability to distinguish fact from fiction after the installation of the transmitters, which facilitated access to RNL programs." (https://www.hirondelle.org) more

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Media Mapping on Educational Content Production and Dissemination in Afghanistan

Aida Sahraoui Soler et al.

Paris: UNESCO (2024), 16 pp.

"Within the complex media and educational landscape of Afghanistan, characterized by the takeover by the de facto authorities, a study of the current Media-Based education was facilitated by the Afghanistan Independent Journalists Union (AIJU) and Integrity Watch Afghanistan (IWA) with the support o ... more

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2024 Edelman Trust Barometer: Global Report

Edelman (2024), 88 slides

"The 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer reveals a new paradox at the heart of society. Rapid innovation offers the promise of a new era of prosperity, but instead risks exacerbating trust issues, leading to further societal instability and political polarization. In a year where half the global population ... more

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Batswana insist on media freedom, favour citizens’ right to government information

Asafika Mpako, Stephen Ndoma

Afrobarometer (2024), 12 pp.

"About three-quarters (76%) of Batswana say the media should "constantly investigate and report on government mistakes and corruption." A similar share (77%) insist on media freedom, while 20% say the government should have the right to prevent the publication of things it disapproves of. In particu ... more

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GeoPoll Media Viewership Survey: Afghanistan

GeoPoll (2024), 24 slides

"Media Audience Universe Estimates: 67% of the adult Afghan population watches TV at least once a month, 38% listen to the radio." (Slide 9) "Internet Access and Use: 60% of Afghans on average access the internet on an average day, 28% Watch TV or videos online/on mobile on an average day, 61% Use ... more

Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2025 Deep Insights

Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2025
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