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