50% of U.S. Teens Are Getting Their News From YouTube, But Not From News Organizations

Common Sense and SurveyMonkey found that celebrities, influencers and personalities were their sources more often

Teens getting the majority of their news online shouldn’t come as a surprise, as the days of reading a physical newspaper or settling in front of the television for the evening news have long passed. What does come as a surprise, however, is the online sources teens are turning to for their news.

Common Sense, a nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families, teamed up with SurveyMonkey on a poll of 1,005 U.S.

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