A new survey shows that not too many British teenagers are reading newspapers. More surprisingly, their preferred news provider is radio rather than online. According to a survey conducted by the youth writing website Movellas.com, 61% (of the 30,000 12-18 year olds it polled*) said radio was the best way to keep up with the news.
Given a multiple choice list of preferences, second place went to television news at 58% with the social networks Twitter and Facebook following at 56% and 52% respectively. Printed paid-for newspapers came in at 26% while free daily papers managed just 22%. But teenagers see knowing about news as being important, with 70% of those polled considering themselves to be "up" on current news, and 56% regularly posting links on social networks like Facebook to share news stories.
An impressive 82% also felt that the media didn't give young people enough credit when it comes to understanding current affairs. And they also want to be engaged in the news process, with 95% suggesting that young people should be given more opportunities to comment and contribute to the news stories which affect them. They explained that it would help teens to be "more engaged with the world around them." When it comes to the best way to become a journalist, teens were split 48% to 52% in favour of starting their own blog and doing it for themselves as opposed to following the traditional work experience route at a newspaper or magazine.
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