Traditional media remains the most-used source of news and information about Covid-19, the most recent Ofcom report into media usage during the coronavirus pandemic has found. <\/p>\n
The report found that traditional media – newspapers, radio, broadcasters – was the most important source of news and information for adult internet users.<\/p>\n
The report also shows that more than eight in 10 people (84 per cent) are accessing news about Covid-19 at least once a day.<\/p>\n
Social media remains the main source for misinformation being presented as true. When compared with week one (49 per cent), use of social media as a source of information about the pandemic has declined (38 per cent in week twenty-five).<\/p>\n
There has also been a decline in sharing news or information about Covid-19 via social media posts, with it being 13 per cent in week 25 compared to 25 per cent in week one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Traditional media remains the most-used source of news and information about Covid-19, the most recent Ofcom report into media usage during the coronavirus pandemic has found.
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