MENA: Arab youth's preferred media for news 2020

The results of a survey of Arab youth on their preferred forms of media as news sources in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region in 2020 showed that 79 percent share of the respondents stated that social media was one of their sources of news.

Share of news sources for Arab youth across the Middle East and North Africa in 2020

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Release date

October 2020

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Region

Africa, MENA

Survey time period

January 19 to August 26, 2020

Number of respondents

3,500 respondents

Age group

18-24 years

Special properties

Interview conducted in Arabic and English

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview, online survey

Supplementary notes

The survey was phrased as follows: 'Where do you get your news?'

The study was conducted in in two parts:
The first part was The Main Survey conducted in 17 countries between January 19 and March 3 2020 before the coronavirus outbreak with a count of 3,400 face-to face interviews, Covered countries were Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, and Yemen. Syria and Sudan were recently added to the latest year's version of the survey in 2020. Each country had 200 respondent. Margin of error for this survey was +/-1.7 percent.
The second COVID-19 Pulse Survey between August 18 and 26, 2020 following the COVID-19 crisis with a count of 600 face-to-face and online interviews divided equally between six countries: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Jordan, Lebanon, Algeria, and Egypt. Margin of error for this survey was +/-4.0 percent.
All respondents were exclusively citizens of their countries and they were 50% male and female.

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