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The results are in: Teens turn to YouTube to keep up with current events instead of established news organizations.

More than 75% of teens ages 13 to 17 say it's important to them to follow current events, yet over half of them get their news from YouTube and social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, according to a new poll from Survey Monkey and Common Sense Media.

The survey of over 1,000 teens finds the majority prefer visual media to consume news. While on YouTube, 60% of teens say they are getting their news from celebrities, influencers and personalities, something Michael Robb, senior director of research at Common Sense, says is a "cause for concern."

"We don't necessarily have a great sense of whether those influencers or celebrities have standards and ethics, or what kind of disclosures they're making," he said. "Are they objective sources or not? How trustworthy is their research? There's a whole host of things that you would need to understand to know whether something is more legitimate. I'm not sure that is clear when you're getting it from a celebrity, influencer or personality."

Half of teens say they watch videos that play automatically or are recommended for them based on the site's algorithm. YouTube recently came under fire recently for its recommendations, including graphic videos being intertwined with children's content and spreading hateful messages on the platform.

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Still, teens believe YouTube and other social media sites help them stay up-to-date on current events versus other sources. Only 41% of teens seek their news from print and digital news organizations, and 37% from TV news. They also recognize news organizations as more trustworthy than social media sources, with less than 40% believing social media and influencers "generally (get) the facts straight".

Common Sense Media, a nonprofit organization that aims to help families navigate media and technology, is working to educate teens about news consumption and sharing to avoid the spread of misinformation as part of their responsibility as a digital citizen, says Kelly Mendoza, its senior director of education programs at Common Sense Media.

"We live in a media-rich and time-poor world, and students are quickly scrolling and liking and sharing, and I think that's part of the problem - just slowing down, thinking very carefully about what they're seeing and also knowing how to determine if something is credible" helps them be better digital citizens, said Mendoza.

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On Monday, Common Sense Education, which focuses on teaching students to critically analyze what they see and how they interact online as they navigate that space, released a new curriculum with new videos and lessons, including lessons on media literacy. The curriculum has lessons for Kindergarten to 12th grade classrooms and is free to educators and schools.

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Influencer, celebrity, journalist? Teens are turning to YouTube for news, survey shows

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CLOSE The results are in: Teens turn to YouTube to keep up with current events instead of established news organizations. More than 75% of teens ages 13 to 17 say it's important to them to follow current events, yet over half of them get their news from YouTube and social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook, according to a new poll from Survey Monkey and Common Sense Media.

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Teenagers are more interested than ever in YouTube, home to the world's growing influencer and vlogger base. According to a recent study conducted by Pew Research Center, 85 percent of teenagers (ages 13-17) say they use the platform. Closely behind are Instagram (72 percent) and Snapchat (69 percent).

Pew's findings indicate an ongoing trend of teenagers moving away from platforms like Facebook in recent years. (It's worth noting that Pew's report in 2015 did not include YouTube or Reddit.) A 2015 report pointed to 71 percent of teens who reported themselves as Facebook users; today, that number is around 51 percent. "For the most part, teens tend to use similar platforms regardless of their demographic characteristics," Pew's report states, "but there are exceptions. Notably, lower-income teens are more likely to gravitate toward Facebook than those from higher-income households."

More teenagers have access to smartphones than ever before. According to Pew, 95 percent of teens own or can access a smartphone, as opposed to 73 percent in 2015. Forty-five percent say they're online "on a near-constant basis," though Pew says "there is no clear consensus among teens about the effect that social media has on the lives of young people today ... Given the opportunity to explain their views in their own words, teens who say social media has had a mostly positive effect tended to stress issues related to connectivity and connection with others."

On the other end of the spectrum are platforms like Twitter (32 percent), Tumblr (9 percent), and Reddit (7 percent). Although more teens use YouTube than any other platform, it's worth noting that respondents say they use Snapchat the most often. It's a close call between Snapchat and YouTube: 35 percent versus 32 percent, respectively. "It is clear the social media environment today revolves less around a single platform than it did three years ago," the report says.

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Teenagers are more interested than ever in YouTube, home to the world's growing influencer and vlogger base. According to a recent study conducted by Pew Research Center, 85 percent of teenagers (ages 13-17) say they use the platform. Closely behind are Instagram (72 percent) and Snapchat (69 percent).

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How does social media and other media influence pre-teens and teenagers?

Pre-teens and teenagers can be smart consumers of media messages. They don't just take in everything they see and hear on social media or in other media. You can help them develop the skills they need to handle media influence.

Media influence on pre-teens and teenagers can be deliberate and direct. For example, advertising is often directed at children of all ages. This means that children, pre-teens and teenagers are increasingly conscious of brands and images.

Media influence can also be indirect. For example, this might include sexualised images and content on Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube. It might also include violent imagery and coarse language in news media, documentaries, video games and some song lyrics. This kind of media influence can suggest to pre-teens and teenagers that certain ways of behaving and looking are 'normal'.

Positive social media and other media influences on pre-teens and teenagers

Social media and other media can be positive influences on pre-teen and teenage behaviour and attitudes.

Citizenship
Pre-teens and teenagers who are exposed to and take an interest in news media are more likely to be interested in major social and political issues like climate change. Media can encourage them to become more involved as citizens in their communities.

Health and lifestyle
Pre-teens and teenagers can also pick up important health promotion messages from social media and other media. This might include messages aimed at preventing youth depression and suicide, promoting positive, respectful relationships, or encouraging healthy eating and lifestyle habits.

Identity
Good-quality stories in television shows and movies can help pre-teens and teenagers explore aspects of identity like sexuality, relationships, gender or ethics - for example, the treatment of sexuality in a movie like Bohemian Rhapsody, or gender in Ride Like a Girl, or ethics in a TV show like The Good Place. Watching these shows with your child is a great opportunity for discussion.

It's always worth remembering that media - good and bad - is just one of several influences on pre-teen and teenage behaviour and attitudes. Other influences include family, friends and peers, cultural background and more. Often these influences can be more powerful than media influence.

Negative social media and other media influences on pre-teens and teenagers

Media messages can have a negative or unhealthy influence on pre-teen and teenage behaviour and attitudes in certain areas, including self-image, body image, health and citizenship.

Self-image and body image
Your child's self-image and body image can be influenced by social media, other media and advertising. For example, if your child regularly sees staged and filtered images on social media, they might feel they're not good enough. Or if your child sees unrealistic 'thin' or 'muscly' body types often enough, it can affect their body image and eating behaviour. These images can be even more powerful when there's no-one to disagree with messages like 'thin is beautiful'.

Health and lifestyle
Social media and other media can influence the decisions that pre-teens and teenagers make about their health and lifestyle. For example, media messages and content can make it look 'normal', cool or grown-up to eat junk food, smoke, vape, drink alcohol and take other drugs.

Citizenship
To be responsible citizens, pre-teens and teenagers need reliable and good-quality information. But social media and other media are sometimes used in negative ways during elections and at other times. For example, fake news or deep fakes might influence your child to believe misinformation about a politician, public figure or celebrity. Or online forums might promote biased or hateful attitudes towards groups of people.

Experts don't agree on whether violence in video games leads to aggression or violence in pre-teens and teenagers in real life. But they do agree that the best way to deal with the issue of violence in video games is by talking with your child about it and sharing your own family values.

How media celebrities and influencers influence pre-teens and teenagers

Celebrities and influencers can be powerful influences on pre-teens and teenagers.

In particular, pre-teens and teenagers can be attracted to lifestyles, products or behaviour that celebrities and influencers promote on social media. This can sometimes be a negative influence - for example, YouTuber Logan Paul's risky behaviour. But there are many celebrities whose lifestyles, values and behaviour provide positive examples - for example, YouTuber Elise Ecklund.

Pre-teens and teenagers need to be aware that influencers and some celebrities are paid to advertise the products they endorse.

It can be difficult to tell the difference between influencers and regular people - or even celebrities - posting videos and other content for fun. Influencers are meant to say whether they've been paid by using hashtags like #ad or #sponsored or words like 'ad' or 'sponsored' in their posts. You and your child could look out for these signs.

Helping pre-teens and teenagers handle media influence

Exposure to media messages is a part of modern life, but you can help your child work out what's worth paying attention to.

Talking about media messages
The best way to help your child navigate the influence of social media and other media is to talk about media messages. For example, if your child likes watching beauty channels on YouTube, you could talk about product advertising and sponsorship.

Or if your child is into a computer game like Grand Theft Auto, you could talk about the violence, exploitation of women and criminal activity. You could also talk about how your child would handle these situations in real life.

Encouraging a questioning attitude
When you're talking about media with your child, you can encourage them to ask questions too. This can help your child sort facts from opinion, identify advertising and fake news, understand bias and be aware of the misuse of statistics.

For example, you could choose one of the YouTube channels or Instagram accounts your child follows. Ask your child:

Who's behind it?

What's their motivation?

What do they want from you?

How does it make you feel?

Do they want you to feel that way? Why?

You can do the same for celebrities and influencers. Encourage your child to ask themselves:

Why do I like these people?

Are they presented in a realistic way?

Are they like this in real life?

What values does this person portray?

How does this person make me feel about myself?

Why is this person telling me about this product or activity?

Are there signs that this person is an influencer?

During an election campaign, you and your child could look at political news and memes together. Encourage your child to ask:

What ideas are being promoted in this news story or meme?

Who wrote this story or made this meme and why?

How might this meme influence voters during the election?

What does ABC Fact Check or RMIT University FactLab say about this information?

Understanding advertising
You can help to limit the influence of advertising on your child by talking about how advertising sells ideas as well as products. For example, you could encourage your child to ask:

Does this advertisement link the product with a particular kind of lifestyle?

How does that make you feel about the product?

What messages does this advertisement send about what people should look like, wear, do, eat and drink?

Participating in online forums
If your child spends a lot of time on online forums, it's OK to get your child thinking about questions like these:

What do people talk about on the forum?

What are the forum's attitudes towards race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality? Are any of these attitudes biased or even hateful?

Does the forum make you feel safe and happy, or uncomfortable?

Children and teenagers sometimes need help to get out of negative forums and find forums that match their values. For example, if the negative forum is in a game, you could suggest that your child takes a break from the game while you help them find a different game to play. Or you could suggest that your child plays the game at a time when they might meet other people in the game's forum.

Helping teenagers balance the influence of social media and other media

When your child balances media use with other activities like physical and creative activities and face-to-face socialising, your child comes into contact with a wide range of influences. These include peers, community mentors and family, as well as the media.

You can also introduce your child to real-life, positive role models. Ways to do this could be joining local community groups, sporting clubs or mentoring programs.

You're still your child's most important role model. By being an informed and questioning consumer, you show your child how to handle powerful media influences. Part of this might be ignoring advertisements for the latest and greatest new gadget, or talking with your child about why you follow certain people on Twitter or Instagram.

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Concerned about social media and other media influence on your child? This influence can be positive and negative, and teens can be smart media consumers.

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Do you vlog? Any teen would understand that question immediately, but many less media savvy adults would wonder at the meaning. Vlogging is a popular trend that has taken over the YouTube world in recent years, but what exactly is it? A vlog is a personal website or social media account where a person regularly posts short videos to entertain an audience. The YouTube audience consists of a variety of age groups, including: children, teens, and adults. However, a majority of those who vlog in today's YouTube world are teens. In addition to the creators being mostly teens, the greater part of a YouTube vlogging audience contains teens and young adults. As many people know, YouTube is the most commonly used online posting network in the United States, but can this network and the act of continual posting be dangerous for teen vloggers and their viewers?

The influence of YouTube on children and teens is something that researchers have examined in recent years. Problematic content is often released on YouTube, causing controversy that children and teens should probably not be exposed to. Along with YouTube subscribers and viewers, the teen creators within the YouTube culture are often placed in dangerous situations concerning their well-being and privacy. While being a part of the YouTube community and posting vlogs, teens are subject to harsh criticism, and this could be dangerous to one's self esteem and confidence. Junior Sydney Vaupel states, "Some kids think that vlogging can make you look super interesting, and sometimes it can. Vlogging can also lead to people on YouTube mocking the teen vloggers and that can lead to a lot of personal problems."

YouTube vlogging allows teens to post personal stories and talk about their own life experiences that can be confusing or distressing to younger viewers. For instance, consider the fact that some vloggers post about their problems with mental illness and depression. These stark portrayals can often be upsetting, and certainly make the posters vulnerable to the cruelty of others. "I think YouTube Vlogging can be harmful because you are very exposed when you post things on the internet and teens often take comments very seriously," says Junior Elaina Villano. Still, the trend to reveal or expose/experiment online with an audience of thousands continues. According to the online article How are YouTubers influencing Children , teens often feel under pressure to produce a high-volume of video content for YouTube. When under this type of pressure, teens can act in ways that are harmful to themselves and others while trying to create content that viewers find entertaining or engaging.

Teen vlogging surrounds a variety of healthier topics as well including beauty, fashion, gaming, and lifestyles. In most cases, this vlogging is generally safe for the creators and spectators, but caution still needs to be taken regarding what is posted and how people react to it. Considering the popularity of teen vlogging, it is most likely a trend that will last a long time. As long as teen vloggers do not expose themselves dangerously in order to gain popularity, and as long as the vlogs do not upset or unbalance either the creators or the viewers, the YouTube community will remain safe to all.

Source: https://www.internetmatters.org/hub/expert-opinion/youtubers-influencing-children/
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Do you vlog? Any teen would understand that question immediately, but many less media savvy adults would wonder at the meaning. Vlogging is a popular trend that has taken over the YouTube world in recent years, but what exactly is it? A vlog is a personal website or social media account where a person regularly...