YOUTH TURNS BACK TO TRADITIONAL NEWS

IN AN AGE WHERE THE ‘NEWS IS WHERE THE PHONE IS’ THE YOUTH HAVE BEGUN TO REALIZE ITS PITFALLS AS MOST OF THE TIME NEWS ON SOCIAL MEDIA IS NOT VERIFIED

- HEMA SINGULURI | HYDERABAD

Rekha Patel, 23 works at Raidurg. She leaves home at 8 a.m. and by the time she returns home it is 8 p.m. “It has been a long time that I read a physical paper but I source for news on Apps and social media. However, of late in several discussions, I was proved wrong as I realized that what I said was untrue which was based on social media. I now carry the newspaper with me and read whenever I find time during breaks.” This in a nutshell is the story of youth who have been addicted to social media

but have started realising that all posts are not verified.