00:00 According to a report conducted by communications regulator Ofcom, short form video app TikTok
00:06 has become the most popular news source for teenagers in the UK. In its News Consumption
00:11 in the UK 2022-23 report, it found that the social media app is used by around 28% of
00:17 12-15 year olds who want to know more about current affairs. YouTube and Instagram came
00:22 in at joint second, with those apps being used by 25% of the age group. Topics for interest
00:28 for this age range included sports or sports personalities, music, news or singers, celebrities
00:34 or famous people and serious things going on in the UK. The report also revealed that
00:39 roughly 68% of UK adults use online sources for news, compared with just 26% for physical
00:45 newspapers. Overall, the most popular platform for news remains the TV, with 70% of adults
00:51 turning to this medium to find out about current events.
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