As opposed to entertainment pundits on cable news
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I take psychic damage every time I discover where the people around me get their news from. They dont even corroborate sources!
That’s the benefit of a place like Lemmy: you get a lot of different news from a lot of different sources, so you can corroborate and read different viewpoints on the same issue.
And it's full of people who will call bullshit and provide evidence.
These two use Trump as their cash cow. They are 100% fake.
That was my first thought: I’m not really familiar with the content of any influencers, but I assume the best of them are better than the worst of the more conventional news sources.
Or people on Lemmy.
Or the first you know of some news is memes making jokes about it.
That's number is staggeringly lower than I would have guessed.
I think if this were broken down and listed by a few demographics like age it'd probably have percentages closer to what you'd guess, for a few groups. TV-loving boomers probably lower the average and Gen Z is likely well above 20% for example
I think this has become such a thing because the Right has essentially taken control of current mainstream media, with them constantly doing things like giving Trump (and other fascists) the benefit of the doubt and "both sides" everything.
But the right also has a large and widespread network for their lies/disinformation/conspiracy theories on "independent media" as well. Look at the top 10 podcasts/web shows (on YouTube/etc.), or at the number of just hate "social" networks, and what amount of those push anything outside of Trump-land talking points?
I listen to Philip DeFranco occasionally on my way home. He does wonderful recaps first focusing on media news, then us politics, and foreign/world news. He also posts sources
Yeah, I like him okay, I wish there was some way to get a cut of his episodes without the YouTube drama and celeb gossip tho. I'm really only interested in the politics and world events stuff these days
There is a PDS News Clips channel, which might be more suited to your tastes? I’ve noticed on occasion some of their videos seem to come out before the main video is released also!
Regularly get their ~~news~~misinformation
I bet it's more than that.
Are you an influencer?
Is this like a ligma joke or something?
That number seems low. Really low.
I don't really understand this. If I'm reading news that's shared here, does that count as getting my news from social media? It's usually a post from a source, not just some random guy telling me stuff he made up. I get that there are people who talk about the news on the internet, but is that just with no reference to the actual news/source? What's this breakdown in the definition of journalism? Do I live under a rock? What the fuck is going on here?
The focus is who is providing the news on social media, which is influencers ... who often have a vested interest in passing off rumors and innuendo as actual news.
for some reason, the article does not provide a link to the study it is describing. but i believe this is the study they are referring to.
one of the things i was most curious about is how the study defines “influencer”. the article does not mention this, but the study does:
In this study, we use the term “news influencers” to refer to individuals who regularly post about current events and civic issues on social media and have at least 100,000 followers on any of Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X (formerly Twitter) or YouTube. News influencers can be journalists who are or were affiliated with a news organization or independent content creators, but they must be people and not organizations.
so, the 20% figure does includes people who obtain their news by following journalists on youtube. however, the “key findings” section does explicitly mention that 77% of the examined news influencers have “no affiliation or background with a news organization.”
honestly, i thought all of the key findings were very interesting and that section was very accessible. here’s another highlight: the percentage is higher for adults under 30: 37% of adults under 30 get their news from an influencer.
Is this where they are hearing about how all the gangs of immigrants are taking over apartment complexes? I heard someone recently list this as one of the big reasons they voted for trump.
I'm not seeing a source to check what they define as social media but I'm gonna just call bullshit in general.
20 percent of people get their news. full stop. most people dgaf.
if it's not social media or just media then it's likely messenger apps. they're sure as fuck not getting it from print media.
If an influencer reads an Associated Press article, is that social media?
no, that’s an influencer reading an associated press article. however, they will likely be reading it out loud on social media. and then some questions arise:
- why this article?
- are they reading the full article? if not, what parts are they omitting?
- are they adding any kind of commentary to the article? if so, is that being properly backed up with citations?