📰 News Consumption in the UK (2019)

Key findings:

- While TV remains the most-used platform for #news nowadays by UK adults, usage has decreased since last year (75% vs. 79% in 2018). At the same time, use of social media for news use has gone up (49% vs. 44%).

- Use of TV for news is much more likely among the 65+ age group (94%), while the #internet is the most-used platform for news consumption among 16-24s and those from a minority ethnic background.

- Fewer UK adults use BBC TV channels for news compared to last year, while more are using #SocialMedia platforms.

- When rated by their users on measures such as quality, accuracy, trustworthiness and impartiality, magazines continue to perform better than other news platforms, followed by #TV.

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