Super interesting post and just to add a thought re the pie chart. In our surveys at the Reuters institute for the study of journalism, we've been breaking sources down by a) mainstream media, b) alternative media outlets (which have grown considerably due to internet and lower cost production- much of this is professional but some partisan political, substack , professional newsletters and sources), c) personalities (who talk about news in podcasts or social feeds - these include scientists, politicians, comedians), d) ordinary people (who create and share news via social media) - we've been trying to size the importance of each of these in different contexts (e.g Covid coverage or Climate coverage) - people who use social media more tend to access more sources from c and d and are less exposed to journalists, mainstream sources
As always, an interesting read. For India -!: for me, the pie chart would be inverse: with professionally produced news being a smaller part of our diet and non-news news being a larger part. The distinction of “professionally produced” is important here because I don’t include many TV channels in that category.
Super interesting post and just to add a thought re the pie chart. In our surveys at the Reuters institute for the study of journalism, we've been breaking sources down by a) mainstream media, b) alternative media outlets (which have grown considerably due to internet and lower cost production- much of this is professional but some partisan political, substack , professional newsletters and sources), c) personalities (who talk about news in podcasts or social feeds - these include scientists, politicians, comedians), d) ordinary people (who create and share news via social media) - we've been trying to size the importance of each of these in different contexts (e.g Covid coverage or Climate coverage) - people who use social media more tend to access more sources from c and d and are less exposed to journalists, mainstream sources
As always, an interesting read. For India -!: for me, the pie chart would be inverse: with professionally produced news being a smaller part of our diet and non-news news being a larger part. The distinction of “professionally produced” is important here because I don’t include many TV channels in that category.
this is such a great place to start. i always love reading your work and getting to peek inside your brain. keep up the great work!