‘Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda’: Young Swiss audiences’ attitudes, expectations and evaluations of audiovisual news and information content and the implications for public service television

Public service media (PSM) are still seen in most European countries as a core means of informing citizens of all ages. Nevertheless, PSM struggle to reach young audiences, who are often characterised as news-avoidant or news-deprived. This article asks what meaning the news and information offered by PSM have for young people. The qualitative study describes young people’s attitudes and expectations regarding audiovisual news and information content through observation of their media usage habits in an experimental setting. It provides insights regarding how young people find and select news in today’s digital media environment and highlights opportunities for PSM providers to reach and engage with young audiences more effectively

The attempt to be up front despite major challenges : innovation in Switzerland’s public service media as a contribution to society

One of the core values of public service media (PSM), as described by the European Broadcast Union, is innovation. While innovation is usually written as an important contribution to society by public service broadcasting, there are only a few studies that examine how public service broadcasting organisations practice innovation management. This chapter uses a case study of the Swiss public broadcaster SRF to examine the ways in which innovation management has been practised in this organisation. Results show that SRF was able to foster innovation in terms of products, technology, and processes despite organisational inertia and various setbacks. These experiences of transforming the organisation in the direction of an innovation-promoting PSM might be its main contribution to society

Keine News und dann? : junge Erwachsene zwischen News Deprivation und Informationsorientierung

Wie zahlreiche Studien zur journalistischen Nachrichtennutzung von jungen Menschen zeigen, hat sich die Art und Weise des Zugangs zu solchen Inhalten im Umfeld von digitalen Plattformen stark verändert. Oft fokussieren sich entsprechende Studien primär darauf, diese Veränderungen in der Nutzung klassischer Nachrichtenformate zu beschreiben. In der Regel bleibt dabei jedoch unklar, welche Inhalte und Informationen aus Sicht der jungen Nutzer:innen in ihren Alltagspraktiken als News gewertet werden, wie sie mit entsprechenden Inhalten umgehen und welche Erwartungen sie an diese haben. Diesem Forschungsdesiderat nimmt sich die vorliegende Studie an und untersucht, anhand qualitativ erhobener Daten im Rahmen eines Media Use Lab, in dem vierzig junge Erwachsene im Alter zwischen 19 und 32 Jahren bei ihrer Mediennutzung beobachtet sowie interviewt wurden, welche Praktiken, Handlungen und damit verbundene Sinnbezüge für junge Menschen im Umgang mit News von Bedeutung sind. Die Resultate zeigen, dass klassische Nachrichtenangebote bei den interviewten jungen Menschen zwar eher eine untergeordnete Rolle in ihrer tatsächlichen Mediennutzung spielen, sie deren Nutzung jedoch als grundsätzlich wichtig erachten und sehr genaue Gründe für eine Nicht-Nutzung von News nennen können. Gleichzeitig interessieren und beschäftigen sie sich mit Themen, die einen Bezug zu ihrer Lebenswelt aufweisen. Junge Mediennutzer:innen scheinen deshalb zwar tatsächlich “news depriviert”, jedoch informationsorientiert zu sein

‘Shoulda, coulda, woulda’ : young Swiss audiences’ attitudes, expectations and evaluations of audiovisual news and information content and the implications for public service television

Public service media (PSM) are still seen in most European countries as a core means of informing citizens of all ages. Nevertheless, PSM struggle to reach young audiences, who are often characterised as news-avoidant or news-deprived. This article asks what meaning the news and information offered by PSM have for young people. The qualitative study describes young people’s attitudes and expectations regarding audiovisual news and information content through observation of their media usage habits in an experimental setting. It provides insights regarding how young people find and select news in today’s digital media environment and highlights opportunities for PSM providers to reach and engage with young audiences more effectively

Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk: A meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children

Background: The FTO gene harbors the strongest known susceptibility locus for obesity. While many individual studies have suggested that physical activity (PA) may attenuate the effect of FTO on obesity risk, other studies have not been able to confirm this interaction. To confirm or refute unambiguously whether PA attenuates the association of FTO with obesity risk, we meta-analyzed data from 45 studies of adults (n = 218,166) and nine studies of children and adolescents (n = 19,268). Methods and Findings: All studies identified to have data on the FTO rs9939609 variant (or any proxy [r2>0.8]) and PA were invited to participate, regardless of ethnicity or age of the participants. PA was standardized by categorizing it into a dichotomous variable (physically inactive versus active) in each study. Overall, 25% of adults and 13% of children were categorized as inactive. Interaction analyses were performed within each study by including the FTO×PA interaction term in an additive model, adjusting for age and sex. Subsequently, random effects meta-analysis was used to pool the interaction terms. In adults, the minor (A-) allele of rs9939609 increased the odds of obesity by 1.23-fold/allele (95% CI 1.20-1.26), but PA attenuated this effect (pinteraction= 0.001). More specifically, the minor allele of rs9939609 increased the odds of obesity less in the physically active group (odds ratio = 1.22/allele, 95% CI 1.19-1.25) than in the inactive group (odds ratio = 1.30/allele, 95% CI 1.24-1.36). No such interaction was found in children and adolescents. Concl

Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity risk : a meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children

BACKGROUND: The FTO gene harbors the strongest known susceptibility locus for obesity. While many individual studies have suggested that physical activity (PA) may attenuate the effect of FTO on obesity risk, other studies have not been able to confirm this interaction. To confirm or refute unambiguously whether PA attenuates the association of FTO with obesity risk, we meta-analyzed data from 45 studies of adults (n = 218,166) and nine studies of children and adolescents (n = 19,268). METHODS AND FINDINGS: All studies identified to have data on the FTO rs9939609 variant (or any proxy [r(2)>0.8]) and PA were invited to participate, regardless of ethnicity or age of the participants. PA was standardized by categorizing it into a dichotomous variable (physically inactive versus active) in each study. Overall, 25% of adults and 13% of children were categorized as inactive. Interaction analyses were performed within each study by including the FTO×PA interaction term in an additive model, adjusting for age and sex. Subsequently, random effects meta-analysis was used to pool the interaction terms. In adults, the minor (A-) allele of rs9939609 increased the odds of obesity by 1.23-fold/allele (95% CI 1.20-1.26), but PA attenuated this effect (p(interaction)  = 0.001). More specifically, the minor allele of rs9939609 increased the odds of obesity less in the physically active group (odds ratio  = 1.22/allele, 95% CI 1.19-1.25) than in the inactive group (odds ratio  = 1.30/allele, 95% CI 1.24-1.36). No such interaction was found in children and adolescents. CONCLUSIONS: The association of the FTO risk allele with the odds of obesity is attenuated by 27% in physically active adults, highlighting the importance of PA in particular in those genetically predisposed to obesity.Peer reviewe