The article talks about how the latest generation has currently stopped using TV as its primary source of news for many current events. In the case of Brexit, there were many documentaries and television shows created by institutes such as the BBC which didn't result in a lot of people, especially young people, being informed. Laura Kuenssberg’s Brexit: The Battle for Britain was a documentary that was well received but some critics claimed that it had little to not affect and was actually created too late.
- Of the 18- to 24-year-olds surveyed by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, 28% cited social media as their main news source, compared with 24% for TV
Personally, I think it's an interesting debate as I believe that just like the print platform, the television platform will soon be demolished by on demand services such as Netflix. Young people are a lot more likely to use these services as they are no longer restricted to time constraints. For example, I personally wasn't interested in watching "Designated Survivor" on Netflix as each episode was released weekly, instead I personally watched "The Crown" where the episodes where all released in one go.
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