Coronavirus news sources worldwide 2020, by age group
According to a study conducted in March 2020, 54 percent of adults worldwide aged between 18 and 35 years old were getting most of their information about the coronavirus pandemic via social media, compared to 25 percent of those aged 55 or above. Major news organizations were overall a more popular source of information about COVID-19, but younger consumers were more evenly split in terms of which platforms they were using the most to keep themselves updated about the virus, whereas older adults were far more likely to turn to major news outlets.
