People Trust Social Media Less for News

In today’s world, among many things that have changed, news channels, consumption and the way people reach the news have also changed. Of course, the traditional press and journalism cannot be said to be over, but it can be observed that they are mostly directed to the internet and social media channels. Especially of social media With the development of the world, people prefer to get news from the more practical and faster internet and social media instead of getting the news from printed publications. Pew ResearchThe report published by ‘s also reveals this situation.

published regularly ‘News Consumption in Social Media’ The last of the reports was published recently. Identifying how citizens of the United States (US) access news and the role played by social media platforms, the data in the report comes from a survey of 11,178 people across the United States, providing a variety of indicative metrics about trends and habits.

Confidence in social media platforms for news has decreased:

According to Pew’s report, there is a decrease in the number of people who receive news from social media compared to 2020. Of those surveyed 48 percentWhile , they state that they often or sometimes get news from social media, this rate has increased in the past years. 53 percent it was Of course, this does not show that social media is no longer an unimportant place for news, but people more skeptical to be informed and alternative indicates what you are looking for. This situation becomes more understandable when it is observed that fake news has increased considerably with the increase in journalism in social media.

Facebook and YouTube take the lead:

In the report, according to the results of the news consumption research on the platforms, although there is a decrease compared to last year, Facebook and YouTube still leading. Survey respondents 31% of Facebook users While they state that they regularly get the news from Facebook, this rate is among YouTube users. 22% it happened. In the Pew report, specifically twitterespecially among those who use it source of news It is also stated to be effective.