{"id":6441,"date":"2022-07-24T08:36:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-24T06:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/24\/tiktok-is-not-the-enemy-of-journalism-its-just-a-new-way-of-reaching-people-chris-stokel-walker\/"},"modified":"2022-07-24T08:36:05","modified_gmt":"2022-07-24T06:36:05","slug":"tiktok-is-not-the-enemy-of-journalism-its-just-a-new-way-of-reaching-people-chris-stokel-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/24\/tiktok-is-not-the-enemy-of-journalism-its-just-a-new-way-of-reaching-people-chris-stokel-walker\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok is not the enemy of journalism. It\u2019s just a new way of reaching people | Chris Stokel-Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The platform\u2019s rise is best seen as the latest evolution in how we consume news<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-three million people in the UK <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stokel\/status\/1486641691071295488\" title=\"\">use TikTok every month<\/a>. Enhanced by the pandemic and its impact on remote work, apps like TikTok and Instagram have become the digital equivalent of the watercooler. It\u2019s where we talk about <em>Love Island<\/em>, the latest soaps, the dysfunction in our government and what\u2019s going on in the world.<\/p>\n<p>So why are we so surprised that it\u2019s a place people turn to for news?<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2022\/jul\/23\/tiktok-journalism-news-outlet-journalism-media\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/8ed2d2172b195c135ac6c577a704357c0ab5da85\/0_0_2560_1536\/master\/2560.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=d136f6a33b8154dcf079e03598eb9baa\" title=\"TikTok is not the enemy of journalism. It\u2019s just a new way of reaching people | Chris Stokel-Walker\" \/>The platform\u2019s rise is best seen as the latest evolution in how we consume newsTwenty-three million people in the UK use TikTok every month. Enhanced by the pandemic and its impact on remote work, apps like TikTok and Instagram have become the digital equivalent of the watercooler. It\u2019s where we talk about Love Island, the latest soaps, the dysfunction in our government and what\u2019s going on in the world.<br \/>\nSo why are we so surprised that it\u2019s a place people turn to for news? Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The platform\u2019s rise is best seen as the latest evolution in how we consume news Twenty-three million people in the UK use TikTok every month. Enhanced by the pandemic and its impact on remote work, apps like TikTok and Instagram have become the digital equivalent of the watercooler. It\u2019s where we talk about Love Island, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/24\/tiktok-is-not-the-enemy-of-journalism-its-just-a-new-way-of-reaching-people-chris-stokel-walker\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TikTok is not the enemy of journalism. It\u2019s just a new way of reaching people | Chris Stokel-Walker<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6441"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6441"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6441\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}