Media industry
fromNieman Lab
11 hours agoThe diploma divide continues to grow
Educational attainment increasingly divides news engagement, with less-educated people disengaging from news while highly educated people become more engaged.
We're flooded with short-form video and pinged constantly with breaking news. Many people, especially Gen A and Gen Z, are swiping and scrolling all day long. The lines between digital leisure and news consumption are fuzzy. You may hop on TikTok or Instagram to kill some time but end up being triggered by some take on what's happening in the world. And increasingly, that scrolling will include AI-generated slop.