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This essay aims to study students’ consumption of news, their criticism towards sources and knowledge of facts about big news events. Surveys about the terror attacks in Brussels in March 2016 were handed out in order to collect data. The goal was to create a comprehensive picture of youths between the age of 16-20. The background of this topic is that all students in upper secondary school today have access to all news in the world, which has increased the need for knowledge on which sources to trust. Even though they have this unlimited access to news and information, studies showed that the younger generation has the lowest consumption of news and is the largest age group that do not consume news at all. This affects the teachers who meet and educate them; particularly the teachers in social studies where teachers often include studying the news in the classroom and the curriculum says to grade the students’ ability to criticize sources. 109 upper secondary school students from two schools participated in the survey. The results showed that about 60-80% reflect critically on news sources and they received information mainly from online newspapers and articles on social media. The results from the questions on the Brussel incidents generated two conclusions; the results showed that the knowledge varied depending on the type of knowledge asked for. Furthermore, as a group, 47% of the questions were correct answered. These results also confirm that society needs to teach the youngest generation the importance of reading, listening and watching the news in order to prevent political gaps in the future., Denna uppsats syftar till att studera gymnasieelevers konsumtion av nyheter, deras källkritik och kunskap om fakta om stora nyhetshändelser. Enkätundersökningar om terrorattackerna i Bryssel i mars 2016 genomfördes för att samla in data med målet att skapa en helhetsbild av ungdomar i åldern 16-20. Bakgrunden till detta ämne är att alla elever i gymnasieskolan idag har tillgång till alla nyheter i världen, vilket har ökat behovet av kunskap om vilka källor som är tillförlitliga. Även om de har denna obegränsade tillgång till nyheter och information, visar tidigare forskning att den yngre generationen har låg konsumtion av nyheter och är den största åldersgruppen som inte konsumerar nyheter alls. Detta påverkar de lärare som utbildar dem; särskilt lärarna i samhällskunskap där läroplanen kräver en bedömning av elevernas förmåga att kritisera källor och innefattar ofta att studera nyheter. 109 gymnasieelever från två skolor deltog i undersökningen. Resultaten visade att ca 60-80% reflekterade kritiskt över nyhetskällor och de fick information främst från tidningar på nätet och artiklar via sociala medier. Resultaten från frågorna om attentaten i Bryssel genererade två slutsatser; resultaten visade på en varierande kunskap beroende på typen fråga, samt som en grupp besvarade deltagarna 47% av frågorna korrekt. Dessa resultat bekräftar också att samhället måste lära den yngsta generationen vikten av att läsa, lyssna och titta på nyheterna för att förhindra politiska klyftor i framtiden.

Since 2007 the American sitcom the Big Bang Theory has spread throughout the world. With its twenty million watchers it is one of the most popular sitcoms of our time. The starting point for this essay is that the humourus series with the more or less geeky main characters is more than just entertainment - it is a part of the mediatization of religion. This means that media is affecting the recipients’ view on religion in general and the personal religion. As we watch TV, we get socialized into how to act in our every day life. In this case, it is about religion depicted as entertainment. Through a film analysis of a number of selected scenes from the first three seasons of the series, this essay stresses the representation of the religious traditions Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism and religion in general. On the basis of etnocentrism, exitocism and a differentiation between religious praxis and religious beliefs my conclution is that Jews are portrayed in a very ”modern” and secular way, Christians are narrow-minded and quite stupid and Hindus are doing strange rituals and believe in very unreasonable phenomena. Religion in general is portrayed as something accepted but it should be rational and religous practice has its own time and place.