Social media has bigger role in Dutch people's media consumption, especially for Gen Z
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Social media has bigger role in Dutch people's media consumption, especially for Gen Z

NL Times  

Dutch people are increasingly leaning on social media in their media and news consumption, according to the annual social media survey by Newcom. More than half of Dutch people indicate that they use social media to help them be better informed about current affairs. On average, Netherlands residents spend around 2 hours a day on social media, with the younger generations scrolling online much more often than the older. Teens between the ages of 15 and 19 currently spend around 165 minutes on social media per day.

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70 percent of young Dutch people struggle to stop scrolling on social media
1 month, 4 weeks ago

70 percent of young Dutch people struggle to stop scrolling on social media

NL Times  

Seven out of ten Dutch youth find it difficult to put down their phones while using social media, with rates climbing to nearly eight in ten in the Amsterdam region. According to the research, uncontrolled social media use can lead to mental health issues, loneliness, and sleep disturbances. “Young people who already experience mental health problems often turn to social …

Nearly 500,000 people quit X in the Netherlands last year
2 months ago

Nearly 500,000 people quit X in the Netherlands last year

Dutch News  

Some 500,000 people in the Netherlands left Elon Musk’s social media platform X last year, according to annual research by Newcom into Dutch social media habits. Youngsters spend an average of 165 minutes a day on social media, Newcom said. The Dutch government said earlier this month it has no intention of stopping using social media channels X, Instagram and …

Majority of Dutch citizens support social media ban for children under 16
2 months ago

Majority of Dutch citizens support social media ban for children under 16

NL Times  

A majority of Dutch citizens now support banning social media use for children under the age of 16, according to the Nationaal Social Media Onderzoek 2025, the largest study on social media trends in the Netherlands. Neil van der Veer, director of research firm Newcom, which conducted the study, described a "fundamental shift" in attitudes toward social media use among …

Dutch good causes quit X on Donald Trump's inauguration day
2 months, 1 week ago

Dutch good causes quit X on Donald Trump's inauguration day

Dutch News  

In total, 17 Dutch campaign groups and foundations are leaving social media platform X on Monday, to coincide with Donald Trump’s inauguration as president of the United States. “X is no longer a safe place for a good debate,” said Devika Partiman, founder of Stem op een Vrouw, which is also part of the boycott campaign. The Dutch government said …

Reddit overtakes X as the most popular social media platform in the UK
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Reddit overtakes X as the most popular social media platform in the UK

Firstpost  

Reddit’s has seen remarkable growth, with a 47 per cent increase in users compared to May 2023. The platform now sits behind YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok in the UK’s social media standings While Reddit’s user base grew, X experienced an 8 per cent decline in UK users over the same period. Image Credit: Reuters Reddit, the popular online discussion …

Authority concerned about social media, streaming services detracting from Dutch media
4 months ago

Authority concerned about social media, streaming services detracting from Dutch media

NL Times  

The Dutch Media Authority is concerned about the increasing use of social media and streaming services, saying it comes at the expense of the use of Dutch media. The CvdM called it “a worrying development” in its Media Monitor 2024, “because Dutch television channels not only inform citizens but also play a connecting role in society.” According to the CvdM, …

Social Media Swallowed Gen Z. This Film Shows Exactly How
55 years, 2 months ago

Social Media Swallowed Gen Z. This Film Shows Exactly How

Wired  

Twenty years ago, MySpace and Facebook ushered in an inspired age of social media. In June, the US surgeon general, Vivek H. Murthy, called for a warning label on platforms that have played a part in the mental health crisis among young people, of which “social media has emerged as an important contributor.” Social Studies, the new FX docuseries from …

Gen Z – is your digital ‘legacy’ really worth dying for?
5 months, 1 week ago

Gen Z – is your digital ‘legacy’ really worth dying for?

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The latest of these is a …

Social media giants like Facebook and TikTok made an estimated $11 billion a year from users under 18
1 year, 3 months ago

Social media giants like Facebook and TikTok made an estimated $11 billion a year from users under 18

Daily Mail  

The social media giants of the world generated $10.7 billion in advertising revenue in 2022, all from their US users who are 17 years old or younger, a study has claimed. According to a new study, social media companies made an estimated $10.7 billion in advertising revenue in 2022 from children and adolescents in the US. The figures are staggering: …

Over 60% of global population active on social media- New study reveals
1 year, 8 months ago

Over 60% of global population active on social media- New study reveals

India TV News  

According to a recent study by digital advisory firm Kepios, more than 60% of the world's population, nearly five billion people, are actively engaged on social media platforms. Social media usage varies significantly by region, with East and Central Africa having just one out of 11 people using social media, while India sees one out of three people using these …

Keep It Real or Lose Gen Z
2 years, 2 months ago

Keep It Real or Lose Gen Z

Wired  

In 2023, social media will change, with young users increasingly pushing for more meaningful online interactions. Young people are becoming disillusioned with the legacy experience, whether it’s Instagram’s jumbled content feed of suggested posts and influencer-driven culture; the divisive and combative nature of interactions on Twitter; or ever-changing features that don’t prioritize the user experience—a criticism voiced by some of …

Global WhatsApp outage also affecting Netherlands users
2 years, 5 months ago

Global WhatsApp outage also affecting Netherlands users

NL Times  

Users of messaging app WhatsApp have been hampered by an outage affecting the platform's services on Tuesday. The issue was reported by users around the globe since before 7:30 a.m., and people in the Netherlands have been affected by the problem at least since 9:15 a.m., according to Allestoringen. Many people trying to open the app said that WhatsApp displays …

Teenagers Are Using TikTok, Instagram And More For News, BBC Loses Steam: British Regulator
2 years, 8 months ago

Teenagers Are Using TikTok, Instagram And More For News, BBC Loses Steam: British Regulator

News 18  

Teenagers in the UK are turning away from traditional news channels and are instead looking to Instagram, TikTok and YouTube to keep up to date, Britain’s communications regulator Ofcom said on Thursday. Chinese short video-making platform TikTok has seen the fastest increase in use of any news source between 2020 and 2022 – from 0.8 million UK adults in 2020 …

Kulbir Kaur | Ingroup vs Outgroup & other online aberrations
2 years, 9 months ago

Kulbir Kaur | Ingroup vs Outgroup & other online aberrations

Deccan Chronicle  

Social media has recently emerged as “ Villain No. I still remember his remark made with a blank look on the face: “I lost my son to social media.” His son had been waging a lonely online battle to prove that being a Muslim does not place him in the category of being ‘anti-national’. The anti-establishment, pro-people, environmentalist Five Star …

Opinion: Facebook’s alarming plan for news feeds
3 years, 6 months ago

Opinion: Facebook’s alarming plan for news feeds

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Kara Alaimo, an associate professor of public relations at Hofstra University, is the author of “Pitch, Tweet, or Engage on the Street: How to Practice Global Public Relations and Strategic Communication.” She was spokeswoman for international affairs in the Treasury Department during the Obama administration. According to Facebook’s own figures, a campaign by Russia to spread disinformation around …

YouTube is The Most Popular Social Media Platform Right Now, Followed by Facebook, Instagram
3 years, 11 months ago

YouTube is The Most Popular Social Media Platform Right Now, Followed by Facebook, Instagram

News 18  

YouTube is currently the most popular social media platform in the US, according to a recent report from Pew Research Center. The report, titled Social Media Use in 2021 says that 81 percent people in the US use YouTube – up front 73 percent in 2019. 73 percent of adults aged between 50 and 64 say they use social media …

Dutch are using social media more frequently than last year
4 years, 2 months ago

Dutch are using social media more frequently than last year

NL Times  

The Dutch are using more different social media platforms simultaneously and log in more frequently every day. This year, 12.4 million Dutch people have WhatsApp, compared to 12.1 million last year. In total, 13.7 million of the nearly 14.7 million Dutch people over the age of 15 are active on social media. For example, 7.3 million Dutch people check Facebook …

Social media is killing democracy
4 years, 9 months ago

Social media is killing democracy

Hindustan Times  

Last week, Uddhav Thackeray was forced to deny reports that Mumbai would be re-imposing a lockdown on June 15. But over the last few months, there has been an important escalation in the ability of social media — not just WhatsApp but Facebook too — to set the agenda. Covering news costs money; so, many channels have settled for a …

Facebook, WhatsApp usage decrease in NL; Instagram on the rise
5 years, 4 months ago

Facebook, WhatsApp usage decrease in NL; Instagram on the rise

NL Times  

People in the Netherlands spent less time on social media this year, according to the second edition of the Smart Media Monitor by online market researcher Multiscope. All together, Netherlands residents spent 1.1 billion minutes a day on social media this year, compared to 1.2 billion minutes a day in 2017. On average, social media users are on these platforms …

Dutch 'like' junk news on Facebook, and comment on it: report
6 years, 2 months ago

Dutch 'like' junk news on Facebook, and comment on it: report

Dutch News  

Almost 5.3 million people have shared, liked or reacted to Dutch junk news on Facebook at one time or another, a report by Leiden university researchers has found. The researchers compared 63 junk news pages on Facebook to 20 more traditional outlets, such as NU.nl, leading broadcasters, magazines, newspapers and shock blogs. Junk news items, the researchers found, get an …

Few Dutch worried about fake news, most trust the media, survey finds
6 years, 9 months ago

Few Dutch worried about fake news, most trust the media, survey finds

Dutch News  

Three in 10 people in the Netherlands are worried about fake news, a far lower percentage than in similar countries such as Germany, Belgium and Denmark, according to a new report published by the Dutch media commission. Dutch respondents said they are less likely to trust news on social media than traditional sources. Traditional The research also showed almost nine …

Everybody’s soapbox
6 years, 10 months ago

Everybody’s soapbox

The Hindu  

THE widespread violence and attempts to rouse communal passions in Kerala recently, in the context of the rape and murder of a minor girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir and the horrifying circumstances surrounding it, must be the latest instance in India of the grave consequences of motivated messages being spread through social media platforms and apps. Therefore, “lots …

Facebook and social media: double-edged sword or two-faced coin?
6 years, 11 months ago

Facebook and social media: double-edged sword or two-faced coin?

The Hindu  

This is a blog post from “I will complain about how the government is invading my privacy right after I am giving in my buying pattern and consumer preferences on Flipkart or Amazon, allowing mobile applications to trace my location and updating my dating profile to attract strangers on the internet.” ~ Some Creator O’Popular Memes You can’t make the …

Teenagers turned off by Facebook as it becomes internet's grey area
7 years, 1 month ago

Teenagers turned off by Facebook as it becomes internet's grey area

Dutch News  

Teenagers are turning away from Facebook in favour of visually led alternatives such as Instagram, YouTube and Snapchat, new research has found. The number of 15 to 19-year-olds with Facebook accounts fell from 80% last year to 72% in the latest survey by research agency Newcom. The most popular social medium, WhatsApp, claims an uptake rate of 97% of Dutch …

Dutch kids fleeing from Facebook fast for Instagram: Survey
7 years, 1 month ago

Dutch kids fleeing from Facebook fast for Instagram: Survey

NL Times  

Teenagers in the Netherlands are turning their backs on Facebook in favor of other social media platforms, Instagram and Snapchat in particular, according to the National Social Media Study 2018 by Newcom Research. Now only 43 percent of Dutch between the ages of 15 and 19 years use Facebook on a daily basis, compared to 68 percent in 2016, Marketingfacts.nl …

Half of Dutch pensioners are now using social media
7 years, 9 months ago

Half of Dutch pensioners are now using social media

Dutch News  

Eight out of 10 people aged 12 years or older in the Netherlands make use of social networks such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter. And while the use of social media among younger people is barely changed, those in the 45 to 65 age range are catching up rapidly, according to a report by the national statistics office CBS published …

"Troubling" trend: 40% of Dutch barely follow the news causing social planning concerns
7 years, 9 months ago

"Troubling" trend: 40% of Dutch barely follow the news causing social planning concerns

NL Times  

On an average day 21 percent of Dutch don't bother following the news at all and another 18 percent spend less than five minutes doing so, according to a study social and cultural planning office SCP released on Thursday. And only 61 percent of Dutch spend more than five minutes looking at the daily news, according to the study based …

Snapchat, one of the fastest growing social media in Netherlands, starts fighting "fake news"
8 years, 2 months ago

Snapchat, one of the fastest growing social media in Netherlands, starts fighting "fake news"

NL Times  

Snapchat recently announced that it putting stricter measures in place against misleading or incorrect news articles on Snapchat Discover, the app's news section. This is good news for the nearly 1.9 million Dutch who have Snapchat - one of the fastest growing social media platforms in the Nethrlands - installed on their phones. Publishers may no longer use misleading methods …

According to a survey, Indian youth hooked to social media for information
8 years, 9 months ago

According to a survey, Indian youth hooked to social media for information

Firstpost  

More and more students are shunning newspapers, books and magazines and consider social media as the best platform to find latest happenings, trends and new information, says a survey. According to the survey conducted by Fortis Healthcare, more than 74 per cent of students think that social media is the best platform for information, facts and latest happenings. “A key …

Facebook, YouTube , Twitter source of news for more than half online users: study
8 years, 9 months ago

Facebook, YouTube , Twitter source of news for more than half online users: study

Live Mint  

London: Social media has emerged as a leading source of news among online users who increasingly access it on their smartphones, a thinktank said on Wednesday, warning that the embrace of free news was becoming a challenge for publishers of quality news. More than half of online users get their news from Facebook and other social media platforms, refusing to …

Facebook most preferred source to get news for US citizens: Survey
8 years, 10 months ago

Facebook most preferred source to get news for US citizens: Survey

Firstpost  

Nearly 62 percent Americans get news from various social media platforms like Reddit, Facebook and Twitter and social networking giant Facebook is leading the pack, according to a new survey. Two-thirds of Facebook users get news on the site, nearly six-in-10 Twitter users get news on Twitter, and seven-in-10 Reddit users get news on that platform. Instagram, Facebook and YouTube …

Dutch people leaving Twitter en masse; more use WhatsApp than Facebook
9 years, 2 months ago

Dutch people leaving Twitter en masse; more use WhatsApp than Facebook

NL Times  

The popularity of social media is still growing in the Netherlands, though Dutch users are making less and less use of Twitter. According to Newcom, the number of Dutch Twitter users decreased from 2.8 million to 2.6 million. Snap Chat saw an increase of 69 percent from 320 thousand to 541 thousand daily users, mostly teenagers. Daily Instagram users increased …

More users now get news on Facebook, Twitter: Survey
9 years, 8 months ago

More users now get news on Facebook, Twitter: Survey

Firstpost  

An increasing number of people in the US are turning to Twitter and Facebook for their daily dose of news and other information, says a survey. Majority of users now see Twitter and Facebook as a source for news about events and issues outside the realm of friends and family. The proportion of users who say they follow breaking news …

Facebook now has 1.44 billion users worldwide
9 years, 11 months ago

Facebook now has 1.44 billion users worldwide

Firstpost  

Facebook said that profit in the first quarter plunged 20 percent from a year ago but revenues got a lift from robust growth in mobile advertising. The world’s biggest social network also boosted the number of users to 1.44 billion, up 13 percent from a year earlier, including 1.25 billion people who access Facebook on mobile devices. Earlier Wednesday, Facebook …

Young adults want news every day, survey shows - IndiaTV News
10 years ago

Young adults want news every day, survey shows - IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Chicago: Young adults have a reputation for being connected to one another and disconnected from the news. The survey of Americans ages 18 to 34, sometimes called the millennial generation, found that two-thirds of respondents said they consume news online regularly, often on a social networking site. The survey found that young adults generally get harder news from more traditional …

Young adults want news every day, survey shows
10 years ago

Young adults want news every day, survey shows

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Young adults have a reputation for being connected to one another and disconnected from the news. The survey of Americans ages 18 to 34, sometimes called the millennial generation, found that two-thirds of respondents said they consume news online regularly, often on a social networking site. The survey found that young adults generally get harder news from more …

Survey: Young adults do consume news _ in their own way
10 years ago

Survey: Young adults do consume news _ in their own way

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Young adults have a reputation for being connected to one another and disconnected from the news. The survey of Americans ages 18 to 34, sometimes called the millennial generation, found that two-thirds of respondents said they consume news online regularly, often on a social networking site. The survey found that young adults generally get harder news from more …

Facebook use drops in Netherlands; still top social network
10 years, 1 month ago

Facebook use drops in Netherlands; still top social network

NL Times  

Even though Facebook remains the top social network of 2014, Dutch consumers expect to use it less in 2015. The usage of other social media platforms such as LinkedIn and Instagram increased in 2014 and continues to grow in 2015, while Twitter use was flat, concludes a market research made by Multiscope. Although six percent of users expect to spend …

Number of smartphones in the Netherlands outstrips pcs (update)
11 years, 3 months ago

Number of smartphones in the Netherlands outstrips pcs (update)

Dutch News  

Some 67% of the Dutch now have a smartphone, outstripping the number with a personal computer for the first time, according to market research group GfK. One in five smartphone users said they never use the device to make phone calls; instead they take advantage of free messaging services like Whatsapp, and use email. Social media Facebook remains the most …

Number of smartphones in the Netherlands outstrips pcs (update)
11 years, 3 months ago

Number of smartphones in the Netherlands outstrips pcs (update)

Dutch News  

Some 67% of the Dutch now have a smartphone, outstripping the number with a personal computer for the first time, according to market research group GfK. One in five smartphone users said they never use the device to make phone calls; instead they take advantage of free messaging services like Whatsapp, and use email. Social media Facebook remains the most …

Majority of Indians use Twitter for news
15 years, 4 months ago

Majority of Indians use Twitter for news

The Hindu  

Twitter may have gained immense popularity as a micro-blogging website but in India majority use it as a source for news. A survey by technology site www.pluGGd.in says about 16 per cent of Indian users regularly ‘tweet’ to get news updates. According to a Pew Internet and American Lifestyle study, almost one in every five US citizens use the free …

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