The 18-24 crowd has used the internet as its primary source for news for several years. Now it is specifying “social media” as its main source of news, with that niche overtaking television for the first time.
The information comes from a study done by The Oxford University Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. It looked at consumers of news and information around the world for its “Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2016.” This is the fifth year it has issued such a report. It’s a fascinating read.
28 percent of 18-24 year-olds say social media is their main source of news, compared to 24 percent who cite television.
Since 2013, the number of people in the US who say they get their news from social media has doubled—46 percent now use social media for news....
Social media is becoming the go-to source for news. And users aren't as interested in video as publishers want them to be.