Right this moment on The Stream: Are influencers a reliable various to conventional journalists?
Gen Z, specifically, is turning to social media quite than conventional media retailers for his or her information. This episode explores the rising affect of content material creators as trusted sources of data. It examines how governments and organisations are more and more harnessing this pattern as a device of soppy energy. Are audiences genuinely being knowledgeable, or subtly influenced? And on this evolving media panorama, what position does journalism nonetheless play?
Presenter: Stefanie Dekker
Friends:
Sophia Smith Galer – Digital journalist and creator
Gina L Divittorio – Author and comic
Yayu Feng – Assistant professor, College of St Thomas
