Social Media Is the Top News Source for Brits Under 25
Social media is the news source of choice for Britain's under 25-year-olds residents.
According to the first Reuters Institute Digital Report, 43% of people between 16 and 24 get their news from social networks, such as Twitter and Facebook, rather than search engines, such as Google, the Telegraph reports.
Over 45-year-olds' use of social media for getting news pales in comparison to the younger demographic -- just 11% say they get news from the social web. For 33% of British people over 45, search engines are the online method of choice.
Between different social networks, Facebook is the most popular place to share news. More than half (55%) of people share news on Facebook…
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