{"id":1156760,"date":"2023-02-18T06:11:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T11:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/americans-turn-to-social-media-for-news-despite-lower-trust\/1156760\/"},"modified":"2023-02-18T06:11:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T11:11:38","slug":"americans-turn-to-social-media-for-news-despite-lower-trust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/americans-turn-to-social-media-for-news-despite-lower-trust\/1156760\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Turn To Social Media For News, Despite Lower Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Infographic:<\/a><\/div>\n

Americans Turn To Social Media For News, Despite Lower Trust<\/span><\/p>\n

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Social media is the most commonly used news source among U.S. respondents<\/strong> that consume the news daily, according to a\u00a0poll<\/a>\u00a0by Morning Consult.<\/p>\n

This was followed by network news (26 percent), cable news networks (21 percent) and radio (20 percent).<\/p>\n

However, as Statista’s Anna Fleck shows in the infographic below<\/a>, high usage doesn\u2019t necessarily equate to a strong perception of trustworthiness<\/strong>…<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

You will find more infographics at Statista<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Where the radio was considered the most reliable source <\/strong>– despite being listened to regularly by a smaller group – the opposite was true of social media,<\/strong> which had a higher usage but half the share of people that trusted it.<\/p>\n

A 2021 UNICEF-Gallup\u00a0survey<\/a>\u00a0drew a similar conclusion, this time looking at several countries around the world. It found that while a higher share of young people (15-24 year olds) relied on social media rather than other sources to stay informed about current events, they did not necessarily trust the information they found there.<\/p>\n

Not included in the chart but still worthy of note is the generational divide between go-to news sources.<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Morning Consult\u2019s data, older adults were more likely to opt for traditional media such as cable news networks (32 percent for 65+, 24 percent for 45-64 year olds, 18 percent for 35-44 year olds, 12 percent for 18-34 year olds) and newspapers (21 percent of 65+, versus 9-10 percent in the other age groups), while younger audiences were most drawn to social media platforms (45 percent for 18-34 year olds, 44 percent 35-44 year olds, 33 percent 45-64 year olds, 24 percent 65+).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 02\/18\/2023 – 09:55<\/span><\/p>\n

From:Zerohedge<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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