Study: Millennials Get Political News from Facebook; Baby Boomers Stick with Local TV
Most millennials get their political news from Facebook, while local TV is the source for most baby boomers, according to a new report from Pew Research Center.
Most millennials get their political news from Facebook, while local TV is the source for most baby boomers, according to a new report from Pew Research Center.
Pew surveyed nearly 3,000 adults that belong to three generations — millennials, Gen X and baby boomers — on their political news consumption habits, and its findings included:
- 61 percent of millennials get political news from Facebook during a given week, while 60 percent of baby boomers do so from local TV. Just 37 percent of millennials get political news from local TV, and only 39 percent of baby boomers do so from Facebook.
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