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Sociology

Goes Online

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Percent of U.S. adults who regularly get news from news influencers on social media

Pew Research Center, 2024

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Pew Research Center, 2024

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News influencers with a news industry affiliation are LESS likely to explicitly express a political lean

Pew Research Center, 2024

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Wall Flower asked on the

YouTube Live Stream Chat:

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“I am wondering if Warren

has any thoughts on going

back into teaching and if

what could we possibly

change his mind?”

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Stephen from the UK asked on the

YouTube Live Stream Chat:

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“Has cancel culture and rise

of fake news and AI fakes

made it worse to make

sound factual content

believable?”

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Bippy asked on the

YouTube Live Stream Chat:

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“Social media influencers

such as Hasan and Destiny

are the most prolific

news influencers of today...

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Have you heard of them

and what are you thoughts on them?”

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Axel from Germany asked on the

YouTube Live Stream Chat:

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“Is there a real tradition to have discourses, in public or private,

in the United States?”

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Bippy asked on the

YouTube Live Stream Chat:

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“Do you think that "going viral" gives the "creator" some form of credibility? Is that how nobody's become somebody? What creates credibility for nobody's to come up and become credible?”