Table 1 Sources adolescents used to get information about the coronavirus pandemic, and which sources they believed had the best information (multiple answers were possible; N = 377)
Response categories | Main sources of information | Best information | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | |
Internet | 292 | 78 | 133 | 35 |
(Online) newspaper | 243 | 65 | 156 | 41 |
TV | 226 | 60 | 122 | 32 |
Family | 210 | 56 | 59 | 16 |
162 | 43 | 24 | 6 | |
Friends | 141 | 37 | 15 | 4 |
School | 126 | 33 | 42 | 11 |
Homepage from the Public Health Institute | 106 | 28 | 115 | 31 |
Snapchat | 88 | 23 | 21 | 6 |
Homepage from the Directorate of Health | 85 | 23 | 90 | 24 |
Helsenorge.no | 79 | 21 | 68 | 18 |
Radio | 72 | 19 | 26 | 7 |
TikTok | 48 | 13 | 9 | 2 |
Other | 19 | 5 | 14 | 4 |
Brochures, booklets, other material | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 |