Interactive Uses Of New Media Applications In Adolescents’ Everyday Life : Podcast Apps Model.

Abstract

This study sought to simplify the mechanisms of interactive use of new media applications - the podcast as a model - among a sample of adolescents, depending on the mixed method and its methodological tools, scientific observation & focus groups applied on intentional sample of 40 adolescents across 15 families and 07 Algerian cities. The study found that the digital presence of adolescents ‘sample through podcast apps is an aspect of digital interactivity that supports the psychology of the adolescent user, and the interactive uses of digital platforms are highlighted as a mechanism to achieve fulfillment of many needs they have, according to flexibility that guarantees overcoming psychological and social problems, and in light of the available technological and digital access options- in everyday life - to digital mediums and new media applications.