A comparative study of online news use by young adults in Canada and Japan. Issue 1 (18th October 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Matsubayashi, Mamiko; Freund, Luanne
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology. Volume 56:Issue 1(2019)
• Page Start: 730
• Page End: 732
• Publication Date: 2019-10-18
• Subjects: Online news use -- trust -- young adults -- gender; Information science -- Congresses; Information technology -- Congresses; Information science; Information technology; Conference papers and proceedings; 020
• DOI: 10.1002/pra2.152
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2373-9231

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This paper reports on a comparative survey of online news use and perceptions of trust in Canada and Japan among young university educated adults. Results indicate that information use patterns are broadly consistent, with some differences by gender and country. Notably, young adults report heavy reliance upon social media channels as sources of online news, despite consistently low levels of trust for this type of content.