How influencers are impacting journalism
5 days, 15 hours ago

How influencers are impacting journalism

NPR  

How influencers are impacting journalism toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images A Pew Research poll taken during the 2024 presidential campaigns showed that 20% of Americans now get their news from social media influencers on various apps. Sponsor Message There's a lot of folks who will look at social media newsfluencers and try to make it less than journalism. I think that if people who are using social media to get the news across, they can benefit from learning how to fact check information, that doesn't make what they do less authentic. Sponsor Message On what newsfluencers can learn from legacy media Spehar: There's a lot of humility and you have to have a strong sense of resilience to be a news communicator of any type.

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Majority of social media influencers don’t verify information before sharing it, study finds
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Majority of social media influencers don’t verify information before sharing it, study finds

CNN  

New York CNN — A majority of social media influencers don’t verify information before sharing it with their audiences, a study published Tuesday by the UN’s scientific and cultural arm found, underscoring concerns that some of the biggest online figures can uncritically spread misleading claims. While only 12% of the surveyed influencers said they produced content about “current affairs/politics and …

News Influencers Have Eclipsed Traditional Media
1 month, 2 weeks ago

News Influencers Have Eclipsed Traditional Media

Wired  

There’s new data released this week confirming much of what I’ve written in this newsletter for the past year: More and more Americans are getting their news from influencers on the internet. The Pew Research Center, in partnership with the Knight Foundation, released a report this week that found that around one in five US adults regularly receive news from …

Influencers are now a source of news for many Americans
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Influencers are now a source of news for many Americans

NPR  

Influencers are now a source of news for many Americans Social media influencers have become a source of news for a significant number of Americans, especially when it comes to politics. And as NPR's Huo Jingnan reports, they are now a source of news for a significant number of Americans, especially when it comes to politics. HUO: The Pew Research …

About 20% of Americans regularly get their news from influencers on social media, report says
1 month, 3 weeks ago

About 20% of Americans regularly get their news from influencers on social media, report says

Associated Press  

About one in five Americans – and a virtually identical share of Republicans and Democrats – regularly get their news from digital influencers who are more likely to be found on the social media platform X, according to a report released Monday by the Pew Research Center. “These influencers have really reached new levels of attention and prominence this year …

Nearly 40% of young Americans get their news from influencers. Many of them lean to the right, study finds
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Nearly 40% of young Americans get their news from influencers. Many of them lean to the right, study finds

CNN  

New York CNN — Young American adults are increasingly getting their news from social media influencers, a majority of whom are men and lean to the right, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. While one-fifth of US adults reported “regularly” receiving their news from online “news influencers” who post about current events, that number climbed to …

Nearly 40% of young Americans get their news from influencers. Many of them lean to the right, study finds
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Nearly 40% of young Americans get their news from influencers. Many of them lean to the right, study finds

CNN  

New York CNN — Young American adults are increasingly getting their news from social media influencers, a majority of whom are men and lean to the right, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. While one-fifth of US adults reported “regularly” receiving their news from online “news influencers” who post about current events, that number climbed to …

Americans fault news media for dividing nation: AP-NORC poll
1 year, 8 months ago

Americans fault news media for dividing nation: AP-NORC poll

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — When it comes to the news media and the impact it’s having on democracy and political polarization in the United States, Americans are likelier to say it’s doing more harm than good. Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults say the news media is increasing political polarization in this country, and just under half say they have little to no …

The Reporters Who Proved That Journalism Is More Powerful Than Trump
2 years, 3 months ago

The Reporters Who Proved That Journalism Is More Powerful Than Trump

Politico  

But the call to rethink journalism fundamentally — to argue that many traditional notions of professionalism are invitations to timidity, and obstacles to truth-telling — came to full flower in the Trump years. This critique explains the many voices of alarm over new CNN CEO Chris Licht’s plans to steer the network back toward journalistic traditionalism — away from the …

Worries aside, poll finds most journalists would do it again
2 years, 6 months ago

Worries aside, poll finds most journalists would do it again

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Journalists face harassment, fight against misinformation and are keenly aware of the industry’s financial troubles and the dim view many Americans have of them. They’re proud of their work.” More than three-quarters of the journalists said that if they had the chance to do it all again, they would pursue a career in the news business. When …

Active on Social Media? You are More Likely to Believe Misinformation, Fake News: Study
3 years, 10 months ago

Active on Social Media? You are More Likely to Believe Misinformation, Fake News: Study

News 18  

Americans who rely on social media as their main source of news are more likely to believe false or unproven stories about important topics such as politics and Covid-19, a survey showed Monday. The Pew Research Center report found that people who used social platforms for news were less informed about major public affairs topics and more susceptible to believing …

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