LONDON: Younger social media users are turning to influencers and celebrities instead of mainstream media and journalists as the main sources of news, a Reuters Institute report revealed. The Digital News Report 2023, published Wednesday, showed that 55 percent of TikTok and Snapchat users and 52 percent of Instagram users, who often belong to younger generations, get their
TikTok influencers and celebrities are becoming the primary source of news for young people, surpassing journalists, according to a report by the Reuters Institute.
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