張寧

Young people in Great Britain are watching less and less news on television. This comes as no surprise as young people become increasingly addicted to their smartphones. Youth are opting for online distractions like YouTube videos， social media and games rather than switch on a TV and watch a news programme. Britains Guardian newspaper reported， “The youth of the nation are more likely to get their days news about the world from social media or by reading graffiti in bus stations than seeing it on the television， with the average 16-24-year-old watching just two minutes worth of live TV news per day.”

The research suggests that young people are increasingly using social media as their primary news source. There is evidence that UK adults are consuming news more actively via social media. It suggests presenting news stories in a less complicated， more accessible way to attract young peoples attention. Some people suggested this would be “dumbing down content for young audiences”.

英國看電視新聞的年輕人越來越少。隨著年輕人越來越沉迷于智能手機(jī)，這并不奇怪。年輕人選擇了YouTube視頻、社交媒體和游戲等網(wǎng)絡(luò)娛樂，而不是打開電視看新聞節(jié)目。英國《衛(wèi)報(bào)》報(bào)道說：“比起看電視，英國的年輕人更容易從社交媒體或是公交車站的涂鴉上看到世界新聞， 16至24歲的年輕人平均每天只看兩分鐘的電視直播新聞?！?/p>

研究表明，年輕人越來越多地使用社交媒體作為他們主要的新聞來源。有證據(jù)表明，英國成年人通過社交媒體看的新聞更多。這表明要以一種不那么復(fù)雜、更容易理解的方式呈現(xiàn)新聞故事，以吸引年輕人的注意力。而有些人認(rèn)為這將是“為年輕觀眾降低標(biāo)準(zhǔn)”。

▲Discussion議一議：

1. Where do you get your news from？ How much news should we watch each day？ 你從哪里得到新聞消息？我們每天應(yīng)該看多少新聞？

2. Which is better for news， the radio or newspapers？ Is social media changing the way we consume news？ 通過哪種方式獲取新聞更好，廣播還是報(bào)紙？社交媒體是否改變了我們的新聞閱讀方式？

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