Teenagers preferred news provider is radio rather than online. According to a survey conducted by the youth writing website Movellas.com, 61% of the teenagers polled said radio was the best way to keep up with the news.
Given a multiple choice list of preferences, second place was 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%.
Knowing about the news is important to teenagers,70% of those polled consider themselves to be up to date with current news, and 56% regularly posting links on social networks to share news stories.
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.
Movellas.com founder, Per Larsen, said: "The internet has empowered young people to be a part of the news, not simply consumers of it… I suspect that the success of radio news is down to the skill of stations in catering for their target demographic, and by combining music, entertainment news and relevant current affairs."
*Movellas polled 30,000 people aged 12 to 18, using Survey Monkey, between 5-12 November
My opinion: A surprising result as radio came out on top but no surprise that not too many British teenagers are reading newspapers. Another surprising result was that free daily newspapers were less popular than paid for newspapers. Allowing teenagers to be given more opportunities to comment and contribute to the news stories which affect them would help teens to be more engaged with the world around them.
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