“There’s a lot of hesitancy about becoming overly reliant on companies that have their own interests, ultimately, and they’re not always aligned [with news companies’ interests].”
A new study finds that reading, watching, and breathing news all day can actually leave you less informed about politics and government than being more selective — with the right sources.
The account, started by a 24-year-old special projects editor, uses a combination of partner footage, original reporting, and tongue-in-cheek humor to deliver news.
“People tend to get very outraged when there’s a death, when something terrible happens in the news, and then the conversation caves. But in the wellness community — in the world that I work in — people are really familiar with the idea of practice.”
Tameez, Hanaa'. "People who get their news from social media are less knowledgeable about politics and coronavirus, and more likely to consume misinformation." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 30 Jul. 2020. Web. 17 Oct. 2021.
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Tameez, H. (2020, Jul. 30). People who get their news from social media are less knowledgeable about politics and coronavirus, and more likely to consume misinformation. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved October 17, 2021, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/07/people-who-get-their-news-from-social-media-are-less-knowledgeable-about-politics-and-coronavirus-and-more-likely-to-consume-misinformation/
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Tameez, Hanaa'. "People who get their news from social media are less knowledgeable about politics and coronavirus, and more likely to consume misinformation." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified July 30, 2020. Accessed October 17, 2021. https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/07/people-who-get-their-news-from-social-media-are-less-knowledgeable-about-politics-and-coronavirus-and-more-likely-to-consume-misinformation/.
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