A recent survey by WeThink for The Economist reveals that 65% of 18- to 24-year-olds in Britain have encountered election-related content on TikTok, though political parties have not heavily invested in the platform. Meanwhile, the 2024 Digital News Report by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism shows that online outlets have become the main news source for people in Ireland, surpassing television, radio, and newspapers. Covering 47 markets and surveying over 90K people, the report also highlights that six platforms, including TikTok, reach over 10% of respondents for news, a significant increase from two platforms a decade ago. Additionally, the share of people who actively avoid the news has risen to 39%, up 10 percentage points from 2017.
RISJ's 2024 Digital News Report with a survey of 90K+ people: six platforms, like TikTok, reach 10%+ of respondents for news use vs. two a decade ago, more (@nicnewman / Reuters Institute) https://t.co/T3BBtWz2Dx https://t.co/fIAAMEmT0C
“News use across online platforms is fragmenting”: That’s one of the findings from Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (@risj_oxford) in its 2024 Digital News Report, out today. Read about some other key findings in our summary here: https://t.co/BwidmTepoA
A look at news influencers in the US, the UK, and France: a majority are mainstream journalists in the UK, much higher YouTube use for news in the US, and more (@nicnewman / Press Gazette) https://t.co/eec7R6eTop https://t.co/6QC0zSiCkL
#MustRead: Television has been pushed from the top news spot for the first time, as more people in Ireland consume their news online than through any other medium according to @risj_oxford’s latest annual Digital News Report. https://t.co/6xYSeB8XRo
Reuters Institute: the share of people who say they sometimes or often actively avoid the news reached 39%, up 10 percentage points from 2017 (@charlottetobitt / Press Gazette) https://t.co/xsKJD89MJ2 https://t.co/4EMlNEklcB
New @risj_oxford Digital News Report asked for the social media accounts people follow most closely that relate to news. In the UK the top individuals mentioned in response were: 1️⃣ @mrjamesob 2️⃣ @Peston 3️⃣ @joerogan 4️⃣ @piersmorgan 5️⃣ @OwenJones84 https://t.co/N8GKJx05rh
Television has been pushed from the top news spot for the first time, as more people in Ireland consume their news online than through any other medium according to @risj_oxford’s latest annual Digital News Report. https://t.co/6xYSeB8XRo
A new report suggests that for the first time, online outlets are now the main source of news for people living in Ireland - surpassing television, radio, social media and newspapers https://t.co/bC5aL5yxh1
2024 Digital News Report out now, documenting scale and scope of 'platform resets' and much more Team effort by @nicnewman @richrdfletcher Craig Robertson @amyross87 and partners, covering 47 markets Report https://t.co/ZGBKvj2PuE Follow #DNR24 A few highlights in thread 1/9
For all the concerns about deepfakes and generative AI, social media has not been as disruptive to Britain’s general election as some might have feared. But platforms like TikTok could still influence campaigns of the future https://t.co/nWNnoNiWyi 👇
Older people in Britain get most of their news from TV and radio, according to a survey for The Economist by WeThink, a polling firm. But there are clear signs of how the ground is shifting towards social media https://t.co/vw6olg8ZQY 👇
Some 65% of 18- to 24-year-olds in Britain have seen something about the election on TikTok in recent weeks, according to a survey for The Economist by WeThink, a polling firm. But the parties themselves have not put much weight on the platform https://t.co/iNWzSkldD3 👇