There have been many studies in the media consumption habits among youth. Previous
studies reported that youth preferred news on online media compared to other news
media. This study tries to explore the pattern of news media consumption and
interpersonal news discussions. The specific objectives of the study are (1) to determine
the level of perceived news media credibility, (2) to find out the level of news media
consumption, (3) to find out the extent of interpersonal news discussions, (4) to analyze
the relationship between perceived media credibility and news media consumption with
interpersonal news discussions, and (5) to differentiate between selected demographic characteristic with news media consumption and interpersonal news discussions. The study made use of survey research design method. The data were collected using a set ofself-administered questionnaire. A sample of 1363 was randomly selected usingstratified random sample. Malaysian youth aged 15-25 years old were gathered for the study. The data were analyzed using SPSS WIN 16.0. Descriptive and Inferential statistics were used for the study
