According to new research, young adults and adolescents, who are apart of Generation Z, have said that they consume most of their news from social media, which differs significantly from older generations who tend to consume news through newspapers and television. A recent poll published by the Walton Family Foundation/Murmuration has found that most respondents from Gen Z rely on social media for news rather than traditional forms on media.

In the survey, researchers assessed 3,227 young adults aged 15 to 25-year-old and 1,036 adults aged 26 or older. The survey was conducted online titled "Gen Z Post Election Research" in early December where the respondents were asked questions regarding their views, beliefs and information consumption. In the survey question that asks the respondent to choose from a list of sources that they regularly watch or visit for news or current events, Gen Z was most likely to choose from social media sites such as Youtube (61 percent), TikTok (57 percent), Instagram (51 percent), Snapchat (43 percent), Twitter (35 percent) and Facebook (33 percent) rather than traditional forms of media such as local TV news (24 percent), network news (23 percent) or newspapers (13 percent). This is compared to the 40 percent of adults over 26 who said they watch network news such as ABC, CBS or NBC. While most of Gen Z say they use TikTok as a news source, only 15 percent of adults over 26 say the same.

Paul Batura, the Vice President of Communications for the Focus on the Family organization, says that this doesn't differ much from news delivery over the centuries. Batura told the Christian Post, "Yellow journalism is often attributed to a specific era, but sensationalist reporting simply takes on new forms today. Papers once wanted cash — now news outlets seek clicks. Newspapers have always been biased, if only by what they put it in a story — and what they leave out. That's been the case for generations." He continued saying, "We're to 'test everything' (1 Thess. 5:21) and pray for wisdom."