According to a study from American Research Center, 1/3 of American adults get news through Facebook.
About 80% of the respondents inadvertently get news when they are checking uo on friends or sharing photos. The study found that Facebook was an important source of news.
The study found that about 2/3 of Americans adults use Facebook.Only 4 percent of Facebook news consumers said the platform is the most important way they obtain their news. The world's largest social media site displays a stream where people and publishers can share news.
According to the study, 34% of people aged between 18-24 get news through social media compared with 10 percent of adults between the ages of 50 to 64.
Written by Nicolas Yang
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