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Social media and video networks have become the main source of news in the United States, overtaking traditional TV channels and news, studies say.
More than half (54%) people get news from networks such as Facebook, X and YouTube – TV (50%) and news sites (48%), the Reuters Institute reports.
“The growth of social media and the news based on the individual is not characteristic of the United States, but it seems that changes occur faster and with greater impact in other countries,” the report said.
The Podcaster Joe Rogan was the broadest person who, almost a quarter (22%), said they encountered news or comments last week.
The author of the report Nick Newman said that the rise of social videos and news guided by the person “is another significant challenge for traditional publishers.”
The Institute also emphasized the tendency of some politicians to give its time sympathetic intercourse, not the main interviewers.
It states that populist politicians around the world “are increasingly capable of bypassing traditional journalism in favor of friendly guerrilla media,” persons “and” influential “who often get special access, but rarely ask difficult questions, and many are even worse.”
Despite their popularity, online influences and persons were named the main source of false or deceptive information almost half people around the world (47%) – putting them at the level with politicians.
The report also states that the use of X for news is “stable or increasing in many markets”, with the biggest rise in the US.
It adds that Elon Musk has taken over the network in 2022, “Many more prone people, in particular, young people, have flowed into the network, while some progressive audiences left or use it less frequently.”
In the US, a proportion that is self -identified as the right after the absorption of Musk.
In the UK, the right audience X has almost doubled.
Opposition networks such as Threads, Bluesky and Mastodon, “slightly affect worldwide, as well as 2% and less news.”
Other key conclusions about news sources:
- Tiktok is the most rapidly developing social and video network used for news by 17% of people around the world, which is four percentage points since last year.
- The use of AI chatbots is growing and twice as popular with the 25th than the population as a whole.
- But most people think that II will make the news less transparent, accurate and reliable.
- All generations are still prize trusted brands with accuracy results, even if they do not use them as often as before
The report is at the 14th year and was surveyed by almost 100,000 people in 48 countries.
