Channel 4, Alex Mahoun, urged the UK's intervention to public service news to help resist “sliding in the quagmire of American news”.
The network cost research in GEN-Z news customs and revealed a fortune of what it sees regarding the results, although Channel 4 said that the organizational environment in the UK is equipped to try to solve the problem.
“First and foremost, it is important to remember that the United Kingdom is in a better position than most other countries,” Mahan said at the 4-Stalk event, which revealed the search. “Let's compare another place. The simplest cases are the United States of America, where many people get their information from unconfirmed platforms or with economic attention gained in the algorithms provided to enhance popularity instead of realism. Here, in the United Kingdom, we can still resist the slide In American news quagmire.
Mahoun was talking about American news and its lack of the organization, where he was coming at the week that Jay Hunt, President of BFI, warned of a “very protective language about Hollywood” from the new Donald Trump administration.
“Increase the shift towards tyranny”
Channel 4 research has found “clear evidence of democratic disengagement and the increasing shift towards tyranny,” according to Mahaoun. Among those between the ages of 13 and 27 in the United Kingdom, Channel 4 found that 52 % say they believe that the UK will be better with a strong leader, not restricted by Parliament and elections. This compares 40 % of those between 45 and 65.
“This should not be surprised by us,” added Mahoun. “Polycrisis”: He grew up with concerns about climate change, as well as increasing economic, technological and geographical turmoil. “
She cited the influence on young people, especially men, from popular figures such as Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson. “We have seen sex instead of education leading to an ideological division, as young women carry more liberal views on gender policy, immigration and ethnic justice more than their male peers.” According to the research, 45 % of young people said they feel that enhancing women's equality has now led to discrimination against men.
Mahan described the relationship of young people to the news as “social, everywhere, the ocean and the disputed.”
She said, “We see confusing and conflicting signals about the consumption of information.” “Students do not want to read books at the university when they can get clips extracted from artificial intelligence. But podcasts for three hours are something that we adhere to with pleasure.”
She cited Trump's interview with Joe Rogan during the election campaign, which raised 54 million views on YouTube alone and is 179 minutes long. “For many, the more the politician is the loud or noisy, the easier they are in dealing with them.” We move on to engage in how people say more things than they say. “
Mahoun was positive about the UK's ability to wrestling with the issues it plays. Its solutions include signs of confidence, expanding regulations so that public service news can be more prominent on social media platforms and training large language models to determine public service news.
Mahan concluded that “we must start thinking about the objective fact and news that has been validated as a public commodity.” “We need to ensure that they are on new platforms, rather than seeing them as compensation for the failure of the market that we organize on old platforms.”
