Virtual space and social media studies

Virtual space and social media studies

Investigating the demographic relationship of young people with their interest in news topics in Telegram messenger

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
reza taghipour 1
alireza pour jafari 2
1 : Master of Social Communication Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University, Sari branch, Sari, Iran.
2 Communication Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, Culture and Media, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Branch, Center
10.22083/cssms.2024.206849
Abstract
Social media is currently a very powerful tool for personal and social development. Due to the high influence of social media, this type of communication shapes or changes the patterns of people's daily interactions. On the other hand, one of the subjects studied about the performance of social media is research in the field of media consumption in general and the subject orientation to media content in particular. Consumption in social media as a cultural and informational or news product has content dimensions: social, cultural, educational, political and economic, which identifies the relationship between the type of interest of users and their background characteristics (age, gender, education, etc.). .) and choosing the type of news topics provides valuable results for researchers. The purpose of this article is to identify the demographic relationship of young people with their interest in news topics in the Telegram messenger, which was carried out using a survey-quantitative method and using a questionnaire tool in the statistical population of young people of Tehran metropolis (326 people). According to the results, the young users of the Telegram messenger studied in this research focus more on news topics that are centered around social issues, and they also show a lower interest in economic topics in the Telegram social network environment. In addition, among the variables of age, gender, income and education, the subjects obtained higher scores in the "income" variable and lower scores in the "age" variable, which shows this situation. There is a significant relationship between the income of young people and more use of social themes of news in Telegram.
Keywords
Users
social media
Telegram
youth
Telegram news topics
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Virtual space and social media studies
Volume 1, Issue 1 - Serial Number 1
Autumn 2024
Pages 183-207

  • Receive Date 31 August 2024
  • Revise Date 02 October 2024
  • Accept Date 01 October 2024
  • First Publish Date 01 October 2024
  • Publish Date 21 May 2024