Teenagers turn to TikTok and Instagram for news, says Ofcom
Teenagers turn to TikTok and Instagram for news, says Ofcom
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More and more teenagers Cents are turning away from traditional media and getting their news from social media, a new Ofcom study has shown. to 3.9 million in 2022.
For the first time, Instagram is the most popular source of information among young people - used by 29% of teenagers in 2022 - with TikTok and YouTube close behind.
But print, TV and radio still dominate among older age groups.
The growth of news consumed via TikTok is mainly driven by younger age groups: half of the users who consume news on the platform are aged 16 to 24 years old.
The number of people consuming news through the video-sharing platform is now similar to the number using the website and Sky News app, Ofcom said.
TikTok users who participated people in the study said they get more information from "other people they follow" (47%) than from news outlets' own accounts (24%).
Increasingly, news also comes from the platform. Earlier this week, a video showing a student being harassed by a man on a street in Cardiff was viewed over two million times and picked up by the media.
And the recent high-profile defamation case between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp dominated the video-sharing platform, with many users watching the proceedings unfold live on YouTube before selecting clips to share with their followers on TikTok .
More and more teenagers Cents are turning away from traditional media and getting their news from social media, a new Ofcom study has shown. to 3.9 million in 2022.
For the first time, Instagram is the most popular source of information among young people - used by 29% of teenagers in 2022 - with TikTok and YouTube close behind.
But print, TV and radio still dominate among older age groups.
The growth of news consumed via TikTok is mainly driven by younger age groups: half of the users who consume news on the platform are aged 16 to 24 years old.
The number of people consuming news through the video-sharing platform is now similar to the number using the website and Sky News app, Ofcom said.
TikTok users who participated people in the study said they get more information from "other people they follow" (47%) than from news outlets' own accounts (24%).
Increasingly, news also comes from the platform. Earlier this week, a video showing a student being harassed by a man on a street in Cardiff was viewed over two million times and picked up by the media.
And the recent high-profile defamation case between Amber Heard and Johnny Depp dominated the video-sharing platform, with many users watching the proceedings unfold live on YouTube before selecting clips to share with their followers on TikTok .
Image source, Reuters
