Young Readers Trust Traditional Media Over Digital-Only Sources

The study was co-sponsored by...Elite Daily?!

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Because everyone does this…

A new research project published yesterday by the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications reached one surprising and one slightly less surprising conclusion:

  • Young people get a majority of their “news” from digital-only sources
  • Those who consume more traditional media also feel more informed

Amusingly, this study was put together by Elite Daily — a completely unreliable clickbait site that you should never read. It involved a random sample of 1,300 post-Millennials (UGH) who, for some unknowable reason, subscribe to that site’s email newsletter.*

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