TV
remains the number one source for news at 72 per cent, online news sites stand
at 59 per cent, while newspapers are used as a news source by 24 per cent of
the Arab youth.
"TV is still the number one source for Arab youth. Some 72 per cent say
that's where they get their news from. But only 40 per cent trust what they see
on TV. Social media, online media are the way ahead and that's where the Arab
youth are increasingly looking for their news coverage,” Jeremy Galbraith, CEO
of Burson-Marsteller, Europe, Middle East and Africa, told Gulf News.
64 per cent of Arab youth use Facebook and socially interact or follow their
friends, celebrities, and social commentators, respectively. About 94 per cent
of their Facebook friends come from their own country.
Four out of ten Arab youth actively post tweets and nearly half respond to
them. Eighty-seven per cent of them follow friends, while 46 per cent follow
celebrities and 21 per cent follow journalists.
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