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# Social Media Becoming Millennial Generation’s Source for News About Politics and Government
- URL: https://capitolcommunicator.com/social-media-becoming-millennial-generations-source-for-news-about-politics-and-government/
- Published: 2015-06-04T20:52:33.000Z
- Updated: 2015-06-05T22:02:25.000Z
- Author: Guest Columnist
- Tags: Insights, Social Media, #Import 2026-10-08 18:46

**When it comes to where younger Americans** get news about politics and government, social media look to be the local TV of the Millennial generation, reports [Pew Research Center.](http://www.journalism.org/2015/06/01/millennials-political-news/?ref=capitolcommunicator.com) About six-in-ten online Millennials (61%) report getting political news on Facebook in a given week, a much larger percentage than turn to any other news source, states a new Pew Research Center analysis. This stands in stark contrast to internet-using Baby Boomers, for whom local TV tops the list of sources for political news at nearly the same reach (60%).

At the same time, continued the report, Millennials’ relatively low reliance on local TV for political news (37% see news there in a given week) almost mirrors Baby Boomers’ comparatively low reliance on Facebook (39%).

Gen Xers, who bridge the age gap between Millennials (ages 18-33 at the time of the 2014 survey) and Baby Boomers (ages 50-68), also bridge the gap between these news sources. Roughly half (51%) of online Gen Xers get political and government news on Facebook in a given week and about half (46%) do so on local TV.