shows that while online platforms are seen as the most useful by German youth, they also appreciate hearing stories of their peers who already went abroad for a mobility period, and they also see workshops and information sessions at schools as useful formats. About two thirds of German youth also appreciate information centres and personalised support.
Figure 20: Summary overview of overall usefulness of methods of receiving information, among German youth.
Note: Sum of "Very useful" and "Useful" options is used as the indicator of the overall usefulness. The question read “How useful are the following methods for receiving information about mobility opportunities?”.
General online search preference Young people also shared their preferences when it comes to searching information in the online environment. All in all, almost all German young people browse websites, and a vast majority also watches videos, and checks out social media (see Figure 21).
Figure 21: Summary overview of overall preferences of searching for information in the online environment, among German youth.
Note: Sum of "Very likely" and "Likely" options is used as the indicator of the overall preferences. The question read “How do you usually find information about things that interest you online?”.
German young people do not significantly differ from their counterparts in other countries in most of the preferences, but there are two cases in which they differ largely (see Figure 22). German youth seem to be very reluctant to join online communities in contrast to their counterparts from other countries (about 27% rate as overall likely in comparison with about 60% in their peers from other countries), and they also seem to be much less interested in using hashtags (about 30% of respondents consider it likely versus about 44% of peers abroad).
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