New Study Shows Social Media Is a Primary News Source for the Youth

OrganizationsOther ♦ Published: February 4, 2023; 08:17 ♦ (Vindobona)

A study carried out by the Institute for Youth Culture Research and Cultural Education on behalf of the Austrian Institute for Applied Telecommunications and ISPA - Internet Service Providers Austria as part of the EU initiative Saferinternet.at showed that the youth’s primary news source is social media, while at the same time, they do not trust the news.

A Press Conference Was Held to Present the "Safer Internet Day 2023" Study. / Picture: © Bundeskanzleramt (BKA) / Florian Schrötter

On the occasion of the 20th International Safer Internet Day on February 7, 2023, Saferinternet.at, together with State Secretary for Youth Claudia Plakolm, presented a current survey on the subject of "Young people and misinformation on the Internet". The results of the study show that Austria's young people are in a dilemma when dealing with information on the Internet: Young people…