Fascinatingly, I think you'd get a very different answer if you asked people if they thought members of "the media" are elite.
My reaction is that "journalists" are underpaid, scrappy, truthseekers, working hard to hold powerful people and institutions to account for their transgressions against society. Think ProPublica, your local paper, etc.
Whereas "the media" are a bunch of overpaid Fox-and-MSNBC elitist, disingenuous hacks whose primary job is to stir up anxious infotainment addicts by constantly identifying (and exaggerating) new and urgent threats to society and the world.
Obviously, both groups are journalists. But my perception of each label differs wildly.
As someone firmly into middle age, I encourage you to embrace Millennial Supremacy and Don Draper Don’t Think Of You At All Meme the entire Zoomer cohort ;)
Over half the 19-29 year olds get their news from Instagram? Is it even calibrated to deliver news? Are there specialized Instagram news feeds that do nothing but deliver news stories?
Fascinatingly, I think you'd get a very different answer if you asked people if they thought members of "the media" are elite.
My reaction is that "journalists" are underpaid, scrappy, truthseekers, working hard to hold powerful people and institutions to account for their transgressions against society. Think ProPublica, your local paper, etc.
Whereas "the media" are a bunch of overpaid Fox-and-MSNBC elitist, disingenuous hacks whose primary job is to stir up anxious infotainment addicts by constantly identifying (and exaggerating) new and urgent threats to society and the world.
Obviously, both groups are journalists. But my perception of each label differs wildly.
I'm not sure my take on "young people get their news from Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube" is quite as positive as this article is framed.
I keep thinking that these surveys also need to ask whether elite is a negative term, a favorable term, or a neutral one.
As someone firmly into middle age, I encourage you to embrace Millennial Supremacy and Don Draper Don’t Think Of You At All Meme the entire Zoomer cohort ;)
Over half the 19-29 year olds get their news from Instagram? Is it even calibrated to deliver news? Are there specialized Instagram news feeds that do nothing but deliver news stories?