Pew Research releases study about News Influencers , 1 in 5 Americans get their news from influencers on social media

[get these nets]

Nov 18, 2024

America’s News Influencers

This study explores the makeup of the social media news influencer universe, including who they are, what content they create and who their audiences are.

www.pewresearch.org

 

[B86]

Way fewer people than I'd have imagined, honestly

 

[bnew]

they are definitely here to stay because mainstream media don't have the resources to cover every story and legacy media have a history of ignoring many types of issues concerning many communities because they like the status quo or don't want to go against advertisers.

 

[MicIsGod]

I believe that’s lowballing.

 

[Geek Nasty]

And the rest find out from comedy shows

 

[jerzboy]

The main issue is fact checking and reputation… influencers can just spew shyt with no accountability or penalty

Edit: with news sources that have been around for years, they have a reputation to maintain and also don't want to risk losing credibility.. At a point in time, this mattered in society.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

And the rest find out from comedy shows

TBF I found out how fukked up the world was through George Carlin and Bill Hicks

 

[Kooley_High]

I believe its more tbh. My main issue are these influencers arent really giving out news but mostly commentary and opinions. A lot of the “news” they repeat are just remixed from WSJ/NYT/WP etc or other blog sites. I havent seen any of them give true original news content but a lot of people see them as better than mainstream stuff.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

The main issue is fact checking and reputation… influencers can just spew shyt with no accountability or penalty

Edit: with news sources that have been around for years, they have a reputation to maintain and also don't want to risk losing credibility.. At a point in time, this mattered in society.

It seems news sources organizations have lost their credibility. They get stories wrong to.

 

[RickyDiBiase]

It seems news sources organizations have lost their credibility. They get stories wrong to.

Influencers are no more credible

 

[jerzboy]

It seems news sources organizations have lost their credibility. They get stories wrong to.

True, the last 8 years they have taken a step down. Not all, but as a whole. The thing is, they would usually correct themselves by making an edit to an article or would acknowledge during a segment. SOme place would even fire journalist (which has happened a lot in the past few years)

 

[AnonymityX1000]

Influencers are no more credible

I agree, but the reason they go to them in the first place is the news media has lost credibility.

 

[AnonymityX1000]

True, the last 8 years they have taken a step down. Not all, but as a whole. The thing is, they would usually correct themselves by making an edit to an article or would acknowledge during a segment. SOme place would even fire journalist (which has happened a lot in the past few years)

Also, political bias has really hurt them. They may not lie but downplaying certain stories while amplifying others based on the news organizations political lean is also a credibility losing tactic and it's rather rampant especially nowadays.

 

[Still Benefited]

Tried to tell em,right wing got social media in a chokehold. Bigger personalities to sell their product,plus they have the Democrats selling their product for them without realizing it

 

[Remote]

1 in 5?

That's it?
We have way more idiots around here than just 20% of the population.