Young Americans Prefer Facebook over NY Times For News
by Anthony Sibley (AJ) on Jul 28, 2013 | Views: 142 | Score: 0
All Ages | 18-29 | |
---|---|---|
TV | 55 | 29 |
Radio | 33 | 20 |
Print Media | 23 | 6 |
All Social Networking | 19 | 34 |
16 | 13 | |
3 | 7 |
Where Did You Get News Yesterday?
Percentage of Americans
Sources:
people-press.org
Those aged 18-29 gather their news from traditional sources far less than the population as a whole. Instead, young adults utilize Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking for news, a trend that has increased tenfold in the last four years. Nearly a third of those younger than 25 said they did not get news at all the prior day.