As the year’s end of the election resulted, I noticed an interesting shift in how the majority of my social media and real-world friends received election news and information. The majority of them posted and commented on what are also referred to as “new media.” Like the traditional vote itself, this change is both interesting and encouraging.
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It seems the normies have finally had enough of lineage public’s lies and evasions. It’s no longer the most trusted source of election ( or any ) information for Americans. And it’s about day.
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In fact, “digital advertising” is now a more appropriate title for media outlets like PJMedia. We, and many others, have been around for twenty times or more and have proven ourselves. The haughty reputation press, which liked to sneer that we would never survive, now deserves the mocking title “new” that has been given to us. Wrong again, liberals. Digital advertising is here to stay and expand, unlike them.
This progress is evident in the University of Chicago ‘s , AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research , regular State of the Details surveys conducted with the USAFacts. nonprofit staff. The surveys sought to understand how Americans feel about sources of information from the state. The results reveal the same real-time change.
The AP-NORC/USAFacts poll was conducted from July 29 through August 8, 2024, only as poll 2024 was heating up. To find out where the 1, 019 adult respondents got their vote information, how they verified it, and how much of the sources they trusted, and how much of them, were questions.
According to the survey,” the most widely used sources of information about the state are social internet and TV information.”
Respondents were asked to think about the way they “get information about the state these days”, and how often they got information from sources quite as social media platforms, TV, magazines, the president of the United States, federal agencies, or companies.”
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Respondents reported using social media the most, or 44 % of the time. They check those platforms” several times a day/once a day, “including 27 % on” YouTube/other online video-sharing platforms”, 23 % at” online-only news sites” ( like PJMedia ), 13 % on” podcasts”, and 6 % on” Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) or chatbots. ”  ,
That’s a devil of a lot of eyeballs on social media—and not on the tradition advertising.  ,
Local, national, and cable TV news came in next at 38 %, 36 %, and 31 %, respectively”. How are those things still happening on public television or stereo like PBS or NPR? had a combined 23 %, while local and national newspapers, which were 15 % each, were the exception. Next were the president ( 14 % ), state government ( 10 % ), and business ( 10 % ). Federal organizations finished second, just ahead of AI, who came in at just 6 %.
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Do Americans find it simple to distinguish between fact and fiction when evaluating sources of information?
The majority of respondents ( 63 % ) said it was “easy to tell fact from opinion,” with only 36 % saying it was “easy to tell if information is true” while 53 % of respondents ( 56 % ) were able to find factual information on the subjects they were interested in. ”  ,
How much do Americans actually believe the government’s release of election results as Election 2024 enters the qualification process?
When respondents were asked”, How much do you trust]government qualifications, TV, magazines, social media, member efforts, and AI] resources to provide correct information about the results of the 2024 presidential vote? ” their answers were telling: Only 40 % of Americans trust government certifications” a great deal/quite a bit,” with 29 % trusting them” a moderate amount,” and 30 % trusting them” only a little/not at all.”
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Government certifications ranked higher than local and national TV news networks, candidates and their campaigns, newspapers, social media, and AI. Americans also view any information coming from the government with a healthy dose of skepticism, as we all know. And after this , insanely dishonest election cycle, why would n’t Americans have lost trust in the credibility of the government and its legacy media lapdogs?  ,
One thing is certain: The 2024 election made clear that many Americans no longer trust or , listen to legacy media , as their primary source of information and are instead turning in droves to digital media—a trend that is likely to continue.  ,
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