Young People Use Social Media for Gathering Information

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  • SNSを情報ツールとして使う若者たち
  • SNSを情報ツールとして使う若者たち : 「情報とメディア利用」世論調査の結果から(2)
  • SNS オ ジョウホウ ツール ト シテ ツカウ ワカモノ タチ : 「 ジョウホウ ト メディア リヨウ 」 ヨロン チョウサ ノ ケッカ カラ(2)
  • From the Public Opinion Survey on Information and Media Use [Part II]
  • 「情報とメディア利用」世論調査の結果から②

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As the second report on the “Public Opinion Survey on Information and Media Use,” following the June 2018 issue, this article focuses on social media to discuss the current state of usage, the positioning of social media and television among the youth, and the aspect of contacting news sources.As to Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and LINE, a large number of those aged 20 and under use Twitter, as a tool to acquire information rather than to a communication tool. Among under-20s, their daily media usage finds that those using LINE or Twitter almost every day outnumber those viewing television, and their evaluation of media shows social media and television had the same level of appreciation in terms of making them aware of something they had not paid attention to before and learning diverse opinions. As to media for acquiring information, these results suggest that social media’s presence has become as large as, or larger than, that of television among young people. For access news to learn political, economic, and social trends, television was used by the largest number of respondents even among under-20s (over 70%), but more than 40% view news delivered on LINE NEWS or tweeted/shared on social media. Many of under-20s and of those using LINE NEWS as a news source contact with news passively. Furthermore, fake news is less recognized by those who use LINE NEWS most for acquiring news. Internet media including social media enable people access content they are interested in effectively, but these pieces of information are not necessarily credible. Under such circumstances, for the better usage of rapidly spreading social media, it is indispensable to put in place a new information delivery scheme as well as to raise users’ media literacy.

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