TikTok and Traditional Transnational Media in the Russia-Ukraine War
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https://doi.org/10.54097/fpva0115Keywords:
TikTok, Traditional news media, Relationship, Complementary, Ukraine war.Abstract
This article analyzes the relationship between TikTok and traditional news media such as CNN and the BBC in their coverage of the Ukraine war. Drawing on published academic research on disinformation, audience effects, digital diplomacy, and refugee narratives, the article argues that TikTok has not replaced traditional media, but rather the two complement each other. TikTok disseminates news faster, its content resonates more emotionally with the public, and it reaches a younger audience. While traditional media disseminates information more slowly, it provides more in-depth analysis, facts, and background information, with guaranteed source authenticity. Therefore, the two are not mutually exclusive but complementary. News organizations should make reasonable use of both media formats.
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