Once upon a time, people used to get their news from the paper and TV news — and while those sources may have had different standards and biases, there was some sense of a shared truth. The internet changed all of that. Now, Pew Research Center is examining a new phenomenon: the news influencer. Their researchers defined this as individuals who regularly post on social platforms about current events and civic issues, and have at least 100,000 followers on any of Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X or YouTube (so based on the recent Xodus, their findings might already be outdated). Here’s the full study, which examines the gender breakdown, ideology and content of these influencers. We want to know: Where do you get your news these days (choose as many answers as you like)? Tell us in the comments if there’s a news influencer you trust, and tag them if you can.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] D’oh, we did not include podcasts, which should have been obvious to us — though many of them would fall into the “News influencer” category.
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Agreed re: podcasters falling into the influencer category, I actually just assumed that was the case here!
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