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on any of Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X or YouTube (so based on the recent Xodus, their findings might already be outdated).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] Multiple choices but my ‘Something else’ includes Apple News and RSS.
@[email protected] Have you heard of Flipboard? We hear it’s VERY good.
@[email protected] Of course and I follow a few of your accounts for media orgs here, but I figured that counted as social media and not ‘Something else’.
@[email protected] Yes, our app is more in the same bucket as Apple News, which we would place in the “news websites” realm, since that’s what we and they are mainly recommending, but good point that our presence here is very different!