This article introduces the Identity Driven Information Ecosystem (IDIE) approach, emphasizing how identities shape information exposure and processing. It highlights systematic differences based on identity and concludes with a COVID-19 case study to illustrate these concepts.

The study explores the impact of declining local news on community information access, focusing on COVID-19 health disparities. It shows limited discussion on Facebook, mostly from local news outlets.

This study examines CSR messages on social media during COVID-19, finding that employee-focused CSR drives highest engagement. Community-related and company statements enhance brand perception.

This chapter examines how Gen Z in industrialized democracies engages with public life via digital media amid challenges like climate change and economic precarity. It covers news consumption, digital political campaigns, and cultural engagement through content creation, setting the stage for further discussion on socio-economic and social identity impacts in Chapter 12.

Gen Z’s civic identity is explored amid climate change and extremism, highlighting socio-economic status, affinity groups, and online practices. Changes in political engagement definitions are discussed, impacting socialization and education, building on digital media’s role.