It’s no surprise that today’s fractured media landscape dictates who gets what types of information. But it also affects what they do with that information once they get it — and that may be especially true for teenagers.
In new research about the differences in news consumption between teens and adults by the Media Insight Project, 37% of respondents across all age groups said they got news from social media daily, with that number jumping to 57% with teens ages 13-17.
Craig Santoro, director of educational programs at WHYY in Philadelphia, says that reality — that most people get news via social media — has led to news consumers in these digital spaces playing a game of telephone. This is especially true when people get news from creators or other trusted messengers and not the news outlets that did the original reporting.
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