Facebook used less for news as youngsters turn to WhatsApp: Reuters Institute
Source: Reuters
JUNE 13, 2018 / 7:04 PM / UPDATED 11 HOURS AGO
Guy Faulconbridge
LONDON (Reuters) - The use of social media networks such as Facebook (FB.O) to consume news has started to fall in the United States as many young people turn toward messaging apps such as Facebook-owned WhatsApp to discuss events, the Reuters Institute found.
Usage of Facebook, the worlds largest social network, for news is down 9 percentage points from 2017 in the United States and down 20 points for younger audiences, according to the Reuters Institute survey of 74,000 people in 37 markets.
The use of social media for news has started to fall in a number of key markets after years of continuous growth, Nic Newman, research associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, said in the Digital News Report.
We continue to see a rise in the use of messaging apps for news as consumers look for more private (and less confrontational) spaces to communicate, Newman said.
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Roy Rolling
(6,918 posts)Facebook has two user groups now: Ordinary people, including progressives, who post about raccoons on buildings and very important news events.
And right-wingers who post every political propaganda story published by the Kremlin, and stories about raccoons, who are rescued thanks to Führer Trump's animal policies. Much better than Obama raccoon federal policies.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)It's big in Saudi Arabia and Malaysia.
ToxMarz
(2,169 posts)So they're still using Facebook.
Came here to post this.
It's still Facebook.
IronLionZion
(45,460 posts)since it doesn't cost anything unlike phone calls. It's very popular in Asia and Latin America.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)I am very glad that DU is my only social networking. The rest of it looks like pure totalitarian propaganda and BS to me.