National newspapers, television, and radio were the go-to sources of COVID-19 news and information among Generation Z and Millennials as of ************, with a survey revealing that **** percent of the respondents selected these sources as the most used. Actively searching using search engines, as well as international media were among the other most preferred sources, followed by different types of social media content.
*Respondents in 24 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia,
Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru,
Philippines, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United
Kingdom, United States with 1,000 responses from each country except South
Korea with a sample of 500.
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