With the development of mobile internet, the means of obtaining news have been changed. The traditional news websites or mobile news apps gradually lost their advantages. It reported that the teenagers are most of reading news from Snapchat and Twitter nowadays.

Some survey showed that the teenagers from 13 to 18 years old, on whom spent 9 hours reading entertainment content, obtained the news source most.

It is said that many of teenagers won’t use new apps to browse news. They obtained news on social networking platforms where news has been editted or chosen.

Facebook, whose content is enrich, has lost attraction to the youth. More and more teenagers reply on Snapchat and Twitter reading news.

“If I find some interesting news on Snapchat, I would share them with my friends by using the sharing feature,” said teenager Isabella. She claimed that she often read news on Buzzfeed of Snapchat. It has been a long time since she read newspaper last time.

According to the report of Variety, 44% of Live Story and Discover users check news at least once each day. 30% of Snapchat users also considered these two services as important platforms to obtain news concerning the 2016 general election.

There are both advantages and disadvantages obtaining news from social networking platforms. It was spread fast. Some news spread without confirmed, which leading to rumors. Though users may encounter risky news, they still have faith in reading news on social networking platforms.