GenZ is going to be a problem like their parents are (GenX). Per recent research they are the most susceptible to misinformation online while simultaneously the most online generation. They trust TikToks over exhaustive expert reports. Just sitting ducks for foreign OPs.
GenZ is going to be a problem like their parents are (GenX). Per recent research they are the most susceptible to misinformation online while simultaneously the most online generation. They trust TikToks over exhaustive expert reports. Just sitting ducks for foreign OPs.
I think misinformation and issue salience is part of it (tik Tok jacked up coverage of Gaza in part because it was bad for Biden), but I think their values are just different in some fundamental ways that are poorly suited for the contemporary Dem coalition. The hyper-online stuff they're being fed is super materialistic and misogynistic. Those aren't inherently right wing worldviews, but they're really poorly suited to a party that had an old President and a woman VP running against a billionaire with a playboy history. I'm not sure how long it holds, especially if 2028 is like Wes Moore against Elise Stefanik or whatever.
Maybe it depends on perspective but in growing up in Berkeley, many of us by default were non-systematic and not always social media nuts.
Then again, the problem is that the internet and social media in general both have lax regulation. Also, as new technology continues to get introduced, so do the risks of cyber security and hacking.
GenZ is going to be a problem like their parents are (GenX). Per recent research they are the most susceptible to misinformation online while simultaneously the most online generation. They trust TikToks over exhaustive expert reports. Just sitting ducks for foreign OPs.
I think misinformation and issue salience is part of it (tik Tok jacked up coverage of Gaza in part because it was bad for Biden), but I think their values are just different in some fundamental ways that are poorly suited for the contemporary Dem coalition. The hyper-online stuff they're being fed is super materialistic and misogynistic. Those aren't inherently right wing worldviews, but they're really poorly suited to a party that had an old President and a woman VP running against a billionaire with a playboy history. I'm not sure how long it holds, especially if 2028 is like Wes Moore against Elise Stefanik or whatever.
Maybe it depends on perspective but in growing up in Berkeley, many of us by default were non-systematic and not always social media nuts.
Then again, the problem is that the internet and social media in general both have lax regulation. Also, as new technology continues to get introduced, so do the risks of cyber security and hacking.