From my experience they do not. I shit you not their only source of news is tick tock. It’s somehow worse than the people who only get their news from Facebook. I have a brother who pretends to understand media literacy and constantly goes on about ground news but they never actually open it and read anything from it as far as I can tell because the only stories I get sent are directly from tick tock.
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ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day agoI wonder if gen Z has media literacy. I am expecting approximately 0% to discontinue TicTok as result of the acquisition.
Forester@pawb.social 1 day ago
Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io 1 day ago
No worries. We've all got that Lizard Brain deep down inside. Gen Z appears to have some literacy, thank goodness for that. More than I was aware of from direct interaction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_views_of_Generation_Z# Mostly I've noticed a subtle sarcasm, which If I try to emulate it just comes out sounding mean. So I don't do that anymore.
MrSmiley@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
After repetitive exposure to this propaganda (repetition priming), the people were beginning to believe and stand up for what each respective government had been flashing before their eyes, without them even knowing it.
sites.psu.edu/psych256sp18003/2018/03/04/h/
The fact they will be exposed to propaganda and misinformation, will have a psychological effect over time.
The individual must not be allowed to recover, to collect himself, to remain untouched by propaganda during any relatively long period, for propaganda is not the touch of the magic wand. It is based on slow, constant impregnation. It creates convictions and compliance through imperceptible influences that are effective only by continuous repetition. It must create a complete environment for the individual, one from which he never emerges.
Propaganda, Jacques Ellul