My friend's girlfriend, Anya, gets a lot of her breaking news from Tucker Carlson's Telegram channel. Why not? It's both entertaining and topical.
And she is not an exception. More and more people are changing the way they get their news. Instead of watching TV or reading newspapers, they are getting their news from social media. This is a big change, and it's affecting how we learn about the world.
A recent study shows that social media is becoming a popular way for people to stay informed. Platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram are now important sources of news, especially for younger people. Many people follow news influencers on these platforms instead of watching traditional news programs. These influencers are people who share their opinions and news stories online.
This change is happening because these influencers are often seen as more trustworthy than traditional news organizations. Some people think that news organizations have their own political views, and they don’t always share the full story. They find that influencers on social media give a more honest picture of events.
“News influencers have emerged as one of the key alternatives to traditional outlets as a news and information source for a lot of people, especially younger folks. And these influencers have really reached new levels of attention and prominence this year amid the presidential election,” Galen Stocking, a senior computational social scientist at the Pew Research Center
The interesting thing is that whilst many Western governments are trying to improse a left-wing ideology on the public, many of the influencers are leaning the opposite way (like Tucker Carlson) - to the right. Statista finds that nearly 40% of Americans are getting their news from influencers. https://www.statista.com/chart/33737/popularity-and-favored-platforms-of-news-influencers/
And she is not an exception. More and more people are changing the way they get their news. Instead of watching TV or reading newspapers, they are getting their news from social media. This is a big change, and it's affecting how we learn about the world.
A recent study shows that social media is becoming a popular way for people to stay informed. Platforms like YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram are now important sources of news, especially for younger people. Many people follow news influencers on these platforms instead of watching traditional news programs. These influencers are people who share their opinions and news stories online.
This change is happening because these influencers are often seen as more trustworthy than traditional news organizations. Some people think that news organizations have their own political views, and they don’t always share the full story. They find that influencers on social media give a more honest picture of events.
“News influencers have emerged as one of the key alternatives to traditional outlets as a news and information source for a lot of people, especially younger folks. And these influencers have really reached new levels of attention and prominence this year amid the presidential election,” Galen Stocking, a senior computational social scientist at the Pew Research Center
The interesting thing is that whilst many Western governments are trying to improse a left-wing ideology on the public, many of the influencers are leaning the opposite way (like Tucker Carlson) - to the right. Statista finds that nearly 40% of Americans are getting their news from influencers. https://www.statista.com/chart/33737/popularity-and-favored-platforms-of-news-influencers/