Just over half of the 1,100 young people who took part in the survey said they used the television when looking for news and information, rather than the internet, the radio and newspapers. Despite this, 82 per cent of the group of 16- to 19-year-olds said they read a newspaper every week.
Of those, 51 per cent said they do so to "get a better understanding of important issues", rather than for entertainment.
The young people were also asked if they felt celebrities got a fair deal from the press, and who they were most interested in. Thirty-eight per cent sympathised with the celebs, saying they should be treated with more respect, while the remainder were divided more or less equally into those that thought they deserved bad treatment, and those that didn't care.
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