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KrystynaDoktorowicz
ChristophHuth
AnnaLatos
YouthandNewMedia
TheImpactofSocio-EconomicStatusontheUse
ofNewMediabyTeenagersinPolandandGermany
Introduction
Researchontheroleofmediainthelivesofyoungpeople1hasalong
traditionanddatesbacktothe1930s.ItwasintheUnitedStatesthatthe
useofradioasanimportantleisureactivityforchildrenwasstudiedfor
thefirsttime.2Evenearlier,in1911,M.M.DavismadeNewYorkteen-
agers’attendanceoffilmscreeningsthesubjectofscientificinterest.With
thedevelopmentofmedia,andaboveallthetelevisionandsubsequent
generationsofnewmedia,youngaudiencesandusershavebecomethe
subjectofresearchofmanydisciplinessuchaspsychologyandpedago-
gy,sociology,culturalsciencesandmediastudies.
Theimportanceofmediaforthedevelopmentofchildrenandteenag-
ershasbeensubjectedtoanalysisinavarietyofcontexts:historical,cul-
tural,moral,ethical,social,economicortechnological,forexample.Quan-
1Forthisstudy,youngpeopleareunderstoodaschildrenandteenagers.Whiletheau-
thorsareprimarilyinterestedintheuseofnewmediabyteenagers.inordertopresentthe
historyofmediauseresearchofaso-definedgroup,theauthorsdecidedtoalsoincludere-
searchonchildren’smediause.
2
S.L.Calvert,B.J.Wilson(eds.):TheHandbookofChildren,Media,andDevelopment.Black-
well,NewYork,2008.
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