PARIS — TikTok influencers and celebrities are increasingly taking over from journalists as the main source of news for young people, according to a report published on Wednesday (June 14) by the Britain-based Reuters Institute.
The report found that 55 per cent of TikTok and Snapchat users and 52 per cent of Instagram users get their news from"personalities" — compared to 33 to 42 per cent who get it from mainstream media and journalists on those platforms, which are most popular among the young.
Lead author Nic Newman highlighted people like Britain's Matt Welland, who discusses current affairs and daily life on TikTok for his 2.8 million subscribers. This likely reflects Facebook's shift away from news-sharing towards a focus on friends and family, as well as young people's preference for more video-based apps like TikTok and YouTube.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Influencers overtaking journalists as news source: ReportIt found that more than half of TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram users get their news from “personalities”. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Read more »
Fewer people trust traditional media, more turn to TikTok for news, report saysNEW YORK : The number of people globally who initially access news through a website or app has dropped by 10 points since 2018, and younger groups prefer to access news through social media, search or mobile aggregators, according to a report released on Tuesday.Audiences pay more attention to celebritie
Read more »
Ex-SAF regular cooks up a storm on TikTok with mess-tin meals'Ranger eats what ah?' That is how Outward Bound Singapore (OBS) instructor and ex-Ranger Aziz Shafii — who left the Singapore Armed Forces in February this year after a 16-year military career — facetiously begins all his mess-tin TikTok videos. 'While I was in the Army, I completed my Ranger course, and thought [the handle] had a good ring to...
Read more »
Woman reviews McDonald’s global menu items at chain’s headquarters, and TikTok is fascinatedPeople are losing it over the Garlic Pepper Criscut Fries from China.
Read more »
Singapore politicians become fanfic stars in thirsty edits on TikTok pageWe come from a non-judgemental place but the internet can be pretty fucking weird sometimes. You can pretty much find any niche interest group or topic on TikTok these days – from cute cats to… fanfiction of politicians. Singapore politicians to be exact. Fanfiction or ‘fanfics’ are fictional stories written usually by fans about favourite…
Read more »
Rare icons evacuated from Ukraine go on show in Paris' Louvre MuseumPARIS : The Louvre Museum in Paris will exhibit five rare icons evacuated from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv to protect them from the war.The icons, on display from Wednesday, are from a group of 16 extremely fragile works from Kyiv's Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Museum that were secretly evacuated in May to
Read more »