“Voter card”: social networks, young people and the presidential campaign


Report France


From left to right: the Twitter accounts of Valérie Pécresse, Christiane Taubira and below Anne Hidalgo and Fabien Roussel.

Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Elyse, or even Twitch and YouTube… Social networks have now become essential media for young people to follow the news and the presidential campaign. As proof, according to the latest media confidence barometer carried out for the weekly The cross, three quarters of 18-24 year olds obtain their information on the internet. What are the advantages and limits of these media and why do these young people shun traditional media?

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