{"source":{"name":"Evidence Hub on Social Media Ban for Kids - A project by the Lisbon Council","url":"https:\/\/socialmediaban.lisboncouncil.net","license":"Creative Common CC-BY 4.0 International"},"data":[{"data":[71,43,41,40,40,40,26,15,9,6,3,3,1],"name":"Percentage"}],"_data":[["Category","Percentage"],["TV",71],["Radio",43],["Printed newspapers and magazines or their online versions",41],["Search engines (e.g. Google Search or Bing)",40],["Social media platforms (e.g. Instagram; TikTok; Facebook; X; etc.)",40],["Friends; family; colleagues",40],["Video platforms (e.g. YouTube; etc.)",26],["Podcasts",15],["AI chatbots (e.g. Chat GPT; Google Gemini; Perplexity; etc.)",9],["School teachers or university lecturers",6],["Other",3],["I don\u2019t look for any information on this subject",3],["Don\u2019t know",1]],"labels":{"values":["TV","Radio","Printed newspapers and magazines or their online versions","Search engines (e.g. Google Search or Bing)","Social media platforms (e.g. Instagram; TikTok; Facebook; X; etc.)","Friends; family; colleagues","Video platforms (e.g. YouTube; etc.)","Podcasts","AI chatbots (e.g. Chat GPT; Google Gemini; Perplexity; etc.)","School teachers or university lecturers","Other","I don\u2019t look for any information on this subject","Don\u2019t know"]},"metadata":{"link":"https:\/\/europa.eu\/eurobarometer\/api\/deliverable\/download\/file?deliverableId=100969","type":"","unit":"Percent (%)","year":"2025","title":"Preferred information sources for social and political current affairs","topic":"Usage Patterns","method":"data collection","source":"Flash Eurobarometer Social Media Survey 2025, 2025","sub_topic":"","chart_number":"54.0","geographical":"European Union"},"description":"This table shows the percentage of people who prefer to get their information about social and political current affairs from the sources listed. TV remains the dominant medium, with 71% of respondents identifying it as a primary source. A significant secondary cluster of sources is closely followed, with nearly equal preference levels: radio (43%), the printed or online press (41%), search engines (40%), social media platforms (40%) and personal networks such as friends and family (40%).\r\nDigital-specific and emerging formats are less popular overall, with video platforms cited by 26% of respondents, followed by podcasts (15%) and AI chatbots (9%). Formal institutional sources, such as school teachers or university lecturers, are among the least popular options, with a mere 6% preference. The data indicates a clear hierarchy in which traditional broadcast media still lead, while a broad range of digital and interpersonal sources have consolidated around a 40% share of public preference."}