Thursday, April 30, 2020

Coronavirus

How COVID-19 Has Impacted Media Consumption, by Generation

The coronavirus outbreak is something that continues to surprise people throughout the world. This pandemic has caused the public to start wearing masks, social distance, and isolate. For many of us this is nothing we have ever witnessed before. The majority of people have read about diseases like this and what happened in history but have never been personally involved or impacted. During this time each generation hears about new information in many different ways. Some watch the news from the TV while others read articles online.
Media consumption from the coronavirus has shown to be very different throughout each age generation. Most Gen Z have started watching more online videos and streaming shows since the outbreak while boomers watch broadcast television. Gen X have also been watching a lot of broadcast television as well as listening to the radio and streaming TV online. Millennials have been very similar to Gen Z as the most they do is watch online videos and stream shows online. It’s very interesting to compare the four generations that include almost fifty years of people. Personally this doesn’t quite surprise me since most boomers normally only watch broadcast television while the other generations mostly watch TV online.

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