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People are switching from Facebook to WhatsApp for news

June 15, 2018

With all the hot water Facebook has been in for the role of news on its platform, it looks like the social media giant is getting what it wanted.

A new study from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism found that the use of Facebook for news has declined. Instead, people are turning to messaging apps — most notably WhatsApp — to receive and share news.

The study’s data come from surveys conducted by YouGov of representative sample populations in countries around the world. 

Researchers found that social media use for news is down 6 percent in the United States, which is almost all due to a decline in the use of Facebook for news. Specifically, the use of Facebook for news on a weekly basis declined 9 percent from 2016 to 2018, and 20 percent amongst “younger groups.” Read more…

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Source: Mashable | People are switching from Facebook to WhatsApp for news

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