A demographic notoriously known for being well informed. /s
I mean, at that age I started getting interested in politics and worldnews.
And would you consider your past self to have been well informed?
Well, that’s a tricky question. I was well informed in some matters, although big gaps of knowledge and experience in how to read stuff cascaded. Sometimes the source is trash and without the proper knowledge it’s hard to know, sometimes one can’t read between the lines due to lack of knowledge that there is something in-between and so on.
At the very least my point is, that kinda curated sources are generally better than random stuff on social media. It’s hard enough for young people to place information as is, it’s not getting easier by consuming news through social media where things get very deliberately shorter and flashier, because it’s mostly made for quick consumption.
eh… what demographic is well informed these days?..
Probably people who seek out political groups on the Internet and don’t lean far right.
Chairman Pooh must be pleased that his propagandists now have unfettered access to the worlds largest repository of “Five Nights at Freddy’s” knowledge.
39% use some form of the BBC compared to 28% using TikTok.
The study found that for children aged 12-15, TikTok is now the most used single source of news across all platforms at 28%, followed by YouTube and Instagram at 25% each. However, the BBC still has the highest reach of any news organisation among this age group when all its news outlets – across BBC iPlayer, radio stations, websites and TV channels – are counted, at 39%.
That’s something of a relief, but 28% is still more than enough to be concerning.
Only if it’s their only source of news, and even this clickbait article doesn’t attempt to claim that.
What’s more likely is social media is the first place they hear of something, then they go to an actual news organization for details.
Which is ironic because so many (presumably) adults in this thread just read a headline on social media and then believed it instead of taking two seconds to read the article that’s a click away.
I mean, it’s no worse than getting your news from Facebook.
I’m not sure how informed any 13 year old is, so this doesn’t concern me - what concerns me is that most 12-15 year olds are just putting in massive hours on this nonsense. My partner’s 13 yr old spends, no exaggeration, 8 hours/day on TikTok. If not more. I just started looking at access time on my pi-hole and router out of curiosity and it is disturbing. He is not an outlier.
Unfortunately other generations have fully caught up with Boomers and all the garbage news they get from Facebook. It’s best to teach young people early that any news they read from social media sites (including the one we are currently on) requires a great deal of due diligence to verify. I am not plugging Ground News as an ad, but I have found it a very good resource to get multiple perspectives on the same story.
I remember being 13-15 and not caring at all what the news was. Better times, I think
I’m 35 and I still don’t really care about the news. Not looking at all the misery keeps me a little more sane.
Honestly I think this is probably one of the many secrets to long-term happiness. Ignorance is bliss, as they say
Most popular fake news source. Dude a generation of dummies to come.
Honestly my concern is moreso what this means for how much exposure kids have to this social media. This is really concerning, they shouldn’t be on any social media for this long.
Aaaand now I feel like a boomer complaining about phones. For their sakes, I hope I’m just out of touch.
I mean depends on how old you are but before tiktok, kids were getting their views from youtube. I think the ship has sailed since social media has been a part of child or I guess more accurately teen development for nearly 20 years now. Like in those days it was friendster, myspace, etc causing drama.
I’m not here to say its great either just that the target has been moving for the past 20 years now.
The problem is the Boomers were actually right about the “phones”, but they also succumbed to it and are just as addicted as everyone else now. It’s not just news either. People are shifting views massively on mental health through social media sharing with people who are either nefariously sharing damaging content, or are doing so unknowingly. I see that one as a possibly larger issue in the long term than even the news one.
Sadly, that is the worst platfom to look for anything. It’s mostly just a bunch of freaks seeking validation.
Do you expect 12-15 year olds to read the newspaper? Chances are you get your own news from social media. I don’t give a single fuck if a 13 year old even keeps up with the news. In fact, I’d prefer they didn’t.
Is the newspaper any better anyways? It’s full of bias / lies manipulative crap too.
12-15 year olds might not know what a newspaper is.
When thousands of 1-3 minute videos are being presented every hour of scrolling it is especailly hard to fact check information.
What were the most popular news sources for that demo in the past? Facebook? MySpace? Sunday morning cartoons? When has that demographic ever had a ‘most popular news source’?
Also! The very first graph actually shows the BBC rated 10% higher than tiktok, but that’s not click bait enough, so they separated the BBC into subcategories so they could say tiktok was highest 🤦♂️
Is there any unbiased high quality news source anyways?
The Guardian and the Economist is what I hear recommended
The Onion is the most reliable news source
yes
Had a feeling.
You should read the article then.
Because the headline and your feeling are wrong.
Lmmfao!
