According to a survey conducted in South Korea in early 2024, almost one in four respondents aged 18 to 24 years stated that they used Instagram as a source for news, making them the age group with the highest share of people to do so. Instagram was the third-most used social media or messaging platform used for accessing news in the country, after YouTube and KakaoTalk.
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (June 17, 2024). Rate of using Instagram for news as of February 2024, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401411/south-korea-instagram-usage-news-by-age/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Rate of using Instagram for news as of February 2024, by age group." Chart. June 17, 2024. Statista. Accessed June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401411/south-korea-instagram-usage-news-by-age/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2024). Rate of using Instagram for news as of February 2024, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401411/south-korea-instagram-usage-news-by-age/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Rate of Using Instagram for News as of February 2024, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jun 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401411/south-korea-instagram-usage-news-by-age/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Rate of using Instagram for news as of February 2024, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401411/south-korea-instagram-usage-news-by-age/ (last visited June 18, 2024)
Rate of using Instagram for news as of February 2024, by age group [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, June 17, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1401411/south-korea-instagram-usage-news-by-age/