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NiemanLab: For the first time, social media overtakes TV as Americans’ top news source. “For the first time, social media has displaced television as the top way Americans get news. ‘The proportion accessing news via social media and video networks in the United States (54%) is sharply up,’ the report’s authors write, ‘overtaking both TV news (50%) and news websites/apps (48%) for the […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/18/niemanlab-for-the-first-time-social-media-overtakes-tv-as-americans-top-news-source/

Social media officially beats traditional TV as America's top news source (54% vs 50%). Joe Rogan leads the personality-driven news revolution at 22% reach. We've gone from "and that's the way it is" to "bro, have you considered this?" 🎙️

https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/17/0057254/social-media-now-main-source-of-news-in-us-research-suggests

#SocialMedia #NewsConsumption #JoeRogan

PsyPost: Media habits predict vaccination and trust in science — and not always how you’d expect. “A new study published in Scientific Reports suggests that people who consume a more ideologically diverse mix of news sources are more likely to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and to trust science—regardless of their personal political beliefs. At the same time, consuming more conservative […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/25/psypost-media-habits-predict-vaccination-and-trust-in-science-and-not-always-how-youd-expect/

PsyPost: Most political content on smartphones appears in brief, fleeting bursts. “A new study analyzing nearly five million smartphone screenshots over a two-week period found that most political content people encounter on their devices appears in short bursts lasting only a few seconds. Moreover, the majority of this content came from sources other than traditional news media. The findings […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/14/psypost-most-political-content-on-smartphones-appears-in-brief-fleeting-bursts/

Poynter: Kids are consuming news — but not often through news apps, study finds. “While many young people turn to trusted outlets like CNN or The Associated Press during major news events, they don’t regularly use news apps, a new study found. Only about one in nine 11- to 13-year-olds said they regularly get their news this way, according to the Life in Media Survey led by Dr. Justin […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/13/poynter-kids-are-consuming-news-but-not-often-through-news-apps-study-finds/

Africa: New Report Offers Insight Into Africa's News Consumption: [This Day] A new report by SquirrelPR, tagged, "RANKED 2025," a leading online media relations management solution, has offered a fresh insight that indicates a spectacular transformation in Africa's digital news consumption, showcasing unprecedented growth and significant shifts in media influence. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TK44Rn #Africa #DigitalNews #MediaInfluence #NewsConsumption #SquirrelPR

Understand bias—whether left or right—but filter information critically. As Timothy Snyder wrote in On Tyranny:

"Everything happens fast, but nothing actually happens. Each story is ‘breaking’ until the next one replaces it. We are hit by wave after wave but never see the ocean."

#MediaManipulation #OnTyranny #NewsConsumption

Does everyone know "the 5W's and sometimes How"?

This is a simple checklist used in #journalism, and refers to six questions every #news article should answer, and the first 5 should be answered in the lede: