Young Hispanic men are particularly vulnerable to misinformation. While plenty of young people feel the need to look away from the stressful news cycle, research finds young Latino men don’t often veer from interacting with topics like gaming, sports, and personal finance online. In turn, national immigrant rights advocacy group UWDA says this demographic gets stuck in a “media vacuum,” which makes them more susceptible to believing misinformation, particularly the political kind. Plus, many young Latinos follow the news on social media platforms which may not have misinformation identified, and other polling finds this demographic is less likely to identify false headlines than older Latinos. It also finds young Latinos in general feel less equipped than peers of other ethnicities to participate in politics—even though, whether they know it or not, they are ingesting political information online. (Teen Vogue)
📊 YPulse data: 53% of Hispanic 13-39-year-olds use social media to get news and up-to-date information
