The results of a survey conducted by “Al-Bilad” newspaper to determine the trends of young readers and their inclinations to read media content, in cooperation with specialized academic figures, showed that young people chose “Al-Bilad” newspaper to obtain reliable information and news. The results, which witnessed the participation of 148 young men and women, reached that 105 participants They follow local newspaper platforms to get news.
As for their reading tendencies, the results showed that they preferred to read local and political topics in the first place, followed by cultural, artistic, and miscellaneous topics, followed by technical and economic topics, while sports topics ranked last on the list. The results of the statistics indicated that 54 young men and women spend between one and three hours per day on social media platforms, and that 41 participants spend more than 5 hours per day, while 34 people spend between 3 and 5 hours per day, and 13 participants spend less than an hour per day on social media platforms. Social Media.
As for the most common activities that participants engage in on social media platforms, the results revealed that 112 participants use their electronic devices to browse social media platforms, while 25 participants use them for study and work, and 5 participants use them for electronic games, and with regard to the participants’ favorite digital platform, the “ Instagram ranked first on the list, followed by the Snapchat platform, then electronic platforms, the YouTube platform ranked fourth, followed by Tik Tok, the X platform came in sixth place, followed by Facebook, and the Threads platform ranked first. Eighth and last on the list.
The results of the survey come within Al-Bilad’s initiative plan to expand by providing many services to the youth sector, as it previously launched the “Al-Bilad Platform for Youth Leaders in Family Businesses for the Year 2023,” and a referendum to choose the 11 best Bahraini football players, and the winning stars were honored, in addition to the Mahmoud Al-Mardi Award. for student journalism, as well as the Professional Fellowship Program, which is an ongoing training program for students from the University of Bahrain, private universities, and young volunteers; To practice the passion of journalistic work.
Al-Bilad newspaper alerts various profitable electronic news platforms to the need to be careful, as stipulated in the law concerned with protecting intellectual property rights, regarding the illegality of transferring or quoting the content of this journalistic material, even if the source is indicated.
