Vittoria Interviewee 1: She opens google and searches for Rai Radio 3. When she gets up from bed she connects the phone to a bluetooth speaker and brings it around the house with her. «I listen to the radio, but lately I’ve felt to be more and more attracted to visual images, that’s why I often look at Talk shows on Youtube when I am not able to sleep at night». She feels curiosity, but also «sometimes fear, because news are often bad». «I am aware of my privileged position. A lot of people around the world do not have access to news as I do. I feel a sort of guilty pleasure in satisfying this curiosity of mine while performing daily activities».
Interviewee 2: The tv turns on automatically. That is her primary source of information. «When I wake up it is the only moment of peace I can listen to the news. During the day I do not have enough time». She always feels sick when listening to the news, because they «only talk about horrors, wars, murders». She’s always focused when listening to the news, but they give her a sense of anxiety.
Anton Interviewee 3: She’s using the DN-app exclusively and when she has entered the DN-app she is automatically on the DN startpage, where all the “top-ranked” news are, and this is where she starts thinking about what news is of interest to her. The top ranked news article on the app during this observation was: Kristersson deltar i nytt krismöte (Kristersson i.e, swedish prime minister, participates in new crisis meeting). She points out that specific words, like “crisis” in this case, makes her head tilt a bit and makes her click on that article and then read it fully. Words that appeal to urgency. She also states that on weekdays she is mainly interested in hard-news, that “need-to-know” news due to time constraints, whereas on weekends she can expand her news consumption and read articles about health or culture.
Linn Interviewee 4: “On my phone, it's just that I tap on the app or the notification and then I just read. Right now - it was a bit interesting, both from Expressen and Aftonbladet. There is an earthquake in Vänern and then there is a lot about Trump and Putin about the Ukraine war, there are a lot of notices about it that I go in and read what is said. When you read about an earthquake in Lake Vänern, you think, oh, that's not so common in Sweden, and then you go in and get curious and this thing with the Ukraine war and Trump, you're also curious about whether the talks are progressing and how it's going, what idiotic statements Trump is making and how he's just being portrayed as dumber and dumber. It affects us too.”
Henry: interviewee 5: "During the day, when I have free time, I open Douyin（tiktok). I scroll, and sometimes I see news videos. The videos are short, maybe less than a minute. If the title looks interesting or the headline catches my attention, I click to watch."
Edith: Interviewee 6: She opened Weibo app
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