Social media is without a doubt the way in which most people nowadays consume their news. Facebook, Twitter, and Tiktok have given news outlets a whole new demographic of people to broadcast their information to. On top of the diction, tone, and figurative language newspapers have been using to persuade their readers for many years they now have the ability to include as many photos and links to external websites as they feel necessary to educate readers. Pew Research Center says that “more than eight-in-ten Americans get news from digital devices” according to a survey they conducted in 2021. This number will surely continue to rise as consumers continue to shift from television and radio news stations to smartphones and social media.
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