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>U.S. adults who get their news largely from social media platforms, and compare their understanding of current events and political knowledge to those who use
by Funes- 6y ago
>U.S. adults who get their news largely from social media platforms, and compare their understanding of current events and political knowledge to those who use other sources, like TV, radio and news publications.
Well, I'd bet most of the news they get surely come from media outlets--like techcrunch--that post on social media. Perhaps a better distinction would be between not reading past headlines on social media and actually reading--or even skimming through--articles published in any given website. Even then, the vast majority of "news publications" are guilty of clickbait, and that's not something techcrunch is innocent of.
- scohesc 6y agoI've also seen scummy tactics like changing the headline to be less "clickbaity" some timeframe after the article is released. Then there's also the disgusting tactic from news companies on social media like Twitter where they post the same article multiple times to spam it across people's feeds throughout the day. I think wide adoption of social media is the cancer that destroyed great journalism the world over.
- Funes- 6y ago>I've also seen scummy tactics like changing the headline to be less "clickbaity" some timeframe after the article is released. Now that you mention it, just recently I began noticing how some news publications in my country do this, especially on interviews or opinion pieces. They'll put a seemingly outrageous, absolutely out of context quote by the interviewee or the author on the headline, only to modify it a couple of hours later. >I think wide adoption of social media is the cancer that destroyed great journalism the world over. I agree. I'd even go on to say that social media--with the necessary aid of smartphones--has amplified all the negative aspects of capitalism and globalisation, in general.