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MANILA, Philippines 鈥� Apart from the rise of content generated by artificial intelligence, several Filipinos have also begun turning to AI chatbots to get their news, based on the findings of an international research publication.

The Reuters Institute Digital 好色先生TV Report 2025, released on Tuesday, highlighted two 鈥渕ajor emerging themes鈥� in the global consumption of news, one of which is the use of AI chatbots as a source of news.

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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism Director Mitali Mukherjee wrote that this is the 鈥渇irst time鈥� AI chatbots has been categorized as a distinct source of news since 2012.

In the Philippines, nine percent of Filipinos surveyed said they use AI chatbots for news.

鈥淲hile the numbers are still relatively small overall, they are markedly higher for young audiences,鈥� Mukherjee said.

Meanwhile, the other central emerging theme across the globe is the rise of an alternative media ecosystem, particularly, YouTubers, TikTokers, and podcasters.

In the Philippines, 12 percent of Filipinos surveyed said they now also turn to podcasts for news.

Meanwhile, the majority of Filipinos list 鈥渁ny online鈥� (which also includes websites and applications) as their primary source of news at 85 percent, followed by social media at 66 percent. A smaller number list TV as their source at 46 percent, and print at 13 percent.

鈥淭he decline of TV and print has plateaued as Filipinos seek news on the worsening political polarization. Social media, however, remains their preferred news source,鈥� University of the Philippines associate professor Yvonne Chua said in the report.

The digital news report also specified that videos continue to grow in importance as a source of news across all markets, rising from 52 percent in 2020 to 65 percent in 2025 in social video, and from 67 percent to 75 percent in any video.

鈥淚n the Philippines, Thailand, Kenya, and India more people now say they prefer to watch the news rather than read it, further encouraging the shift to personality-led news creators,鈥� the study showed.

Trust in news

Meanwhile, overall trust in news has slightly increased to 38 percent from the previous year鈥檚 37 percent.

However, Chua pointed out that trust in most individual media brands declined due to political disinformation.

鈥淲hile our survey data show that overall trust in news improved after Rodrigo Duterte neared the end of his presidency in 2022 and has remained steady since, trust in nearly all media brands covered in this report slid over the past year amid intensified political disinformation, at least some of which is aimed at mainstream outlets for allegedly biased coverage,鈥� Chua wrote.

Chua also pointed out that some outlets critical of those in power are 鈥渙ften actively distrusted by supporters of the politicians in question and subject to coordinated harassment,鈥� she added.

Chua then noted that public trust is 鈥渘ot in itself a measure of the quality or trustworthiness of the content.鈥�

好色先生TV avoidance

Meanwhile, the annual report also showed that 48 percent of Filipinos said they sometimes or often avoid the news.

Among the reasons why people avoid the news globally, 39 percent said that news had negative effect on their mood; 31 percent said the聽amount of news wore them out; 30 percent said there is too much coverage of conflict or war; 29 percent said there is too much coverage of politics; 20 percent said because there is nothing they could do with the information.

Meanwhile, 18 percent said it led to arguments they鈥檇 rather avoid; another 18 percent said it did not feel relevant to their life; while 9 percent said news was too hard to understand.

Among the nine percent of respondents globally who said the news was too difficult to understand, 16 percent of Filipino respondents under 35 and 11 percent of those aged 35 and older reported having the same difficulty following or understanding the news.

The study was conducted from mid-January to the end of February 2025, polling 97,055 online respondents across 48 markets in six continents, including 2,014 adult Filipinos. /das