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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gen Z gets their "news" from TikTok and IG.  Who cares what they think about anything?[/quote]

Don Lemon has quite the following. Don’t forget YouTube. Trevor Noah podcasts.

YouTube also has YouTube Live streaming, major networks and advertising, YouTube TV, Google account linkage, and all the data that we fought to have protected as technology emerged in both personsl and professional/technical day to day occurrences back in the late 90s.

Getting “news” from TikTok and IG is a social communication pivot in freedom of speech, where the people choose to trust their research, by going directly to the source. Truth Social, which I’ve never been to in my life, is an example of this. Why wait for someone to tell you about it when they can tell you directly. News has to add depth snd stakeholder engagement that will attract an audience. Ideally, as much as Beyonce can captivate a footbslls stadium..or maybe not enough attention, like the reporting of her sister Solange’s talented work.  Disclosing an information source isnt something you can demand of a private American citizen. Reading the feedback of others and interacting in streams, live chats in real time and sharing emotional sentiment while they do it also created behavioral data that ai can often interpret with a high level of relevancy.

And of course, standard reporting through mainstream media outlets includes their own following on TikTok and IG.

Do you also discredit Linkedin? X? Facebook? Do any credible organizations, banking institutions, academic institutions, etc use social media to disseminate information directly to the public?

Are you benefiting financially in any way with the success of social media? Media based on a …community?

I wouldn’t be so dismissive of IG and TikTok users, or Gen Z. I wonder what an aggregate voting profile looks like for clean data.

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+1 I don’t want this to derail into another Palestine conversation, but that is how Palestine essentially won over gen z. They received the information without the filter of American News. The 24 hour news channels are going to have cut backs one all of the boomers die. Gen Z doesn’t listen to Fox, CNN, NBC, none of it.[/quote]

Social media news is only as trustworthy as the people delivering it.  Corporate news has its own problems and biases, but at least they hire journalists who (in theory) are independently trained in fact checking, finding credible sources, balancing viewpoints from different sides, and doing interviews, among other things.  Social media influencers depend on likes, subscribers, views, and successfully gaming algorithms for their income.  Emotions like anger and fear keep eyeballs glued to the screen. Facts take a back seat.

The audience needs to be media literate enough to know which influencers practice responsible journalism and which are clickbait junk.  That isn’t always the case for younger gen Z.  They want quick, engaging content, not dry analysis.

Democrats could have the best message in the world, but it’s not going to get heard in that environment.[/quote]

Exactly.  Gen Z loves high drama, clickbait, and complete bias.  These are not serious people.[/quote]

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