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I find it very hard to believe, they probably either misunderstood the question, or the question asked was more than "do you go to tiktok to check the news?" I

I find it very hard to believe, they probably either misunderstood the question, or the question asked was more than "do you go to tiktok to check the news?" If you open tiktok, there is all the content you want but the news Also what kind of "news" the "researchers" are referring to? does checking about their favorite celebrity/trend count in their definition? It's dropping for every other social media, so the answer to that probably is: - americans are not satisfied with the freedom of speech (or perhaps lack of) / quality of the news they find on the official platforms, therefore they are looking elsewhere And even that, i don't buy it

Bakary 4y ago
By news they mean users who film themselves talking about news topics in a particular way that is adapted to the platform There is a particular "informational" style that these users adopt for these videos that is increasingly popular as a Zoomer-friendly news source. Of course, in practice the content often has the same informational quality as rumors or bar discussions shared among friends, because that's exactly what it is just with a parasocial instead of a social relationship. Essentially instead of consuming news directly, they get a curated, (in both a positive and negative sense) orally-transmitted version of it from a source they find enjoyable to listen to in general
- Kukumber 4y ago
  Do you use TikTok yourself? I do, i never seen any political content, unlike Twitter/Youtube for example, every trends is related to politics In TikTok it's mostly creative content You don't see Musk posting his controversial takes over there
  - Bakary 4y ago
    By news, I didn't mean it had to be political. Much of news is political of course, but far from all. What I'm saying is that looking on the platform and seeing how Zoomers consume news, it has that fireside chat quality where news are filtered by an approved person much like in traditional settings.

Bakary 4y ago

By news they mean users who film themselves talking about news topics in a particular way that is adapted to the platform There is a particular "informational" style that these users adopt for these videos that is increasingly popular as a Zoomer-friendly news source. Of course, in practice the content often has the same informational quality as rumors or bar discussions shared among friends, because that's exactly what it is just with a parasocial instead of a social relationship. Essentially instead of consuming news directly, they get a curated, (in both a positive and negative sense) orally-transmitted version of it from a source they find enjoyable to listen to in general

Kukumber 4y ago
Do you use TikTok yourself? I do, i never seen any political content, unlike Twitter/Youtube for example, every trends is related to politics In TikTok it's mostly creative content You don't see Musk posting his controversial takes over there
- Bakary 4y ago
  By news, I didn't mean it had to be political. Much of news is political of course, but far from all. What I'm saying is that looking on the platform and seeing how Zoomers consume news, it has that fireside chat quality where news are filtered by an approved person much like in traditional settings.