Punter's Politics on Platforming News
From Double Take by Centre for Media Transition
August 5, 2025 · 35 min
About this episode
The episode explores the role of social media content creators in journalism, focusing on YouTube as a news platform.
We know that people are increasingly getting their news from social media content creators: for people aged 25-34, the go-to platform for news is YouTube. But can content on these platforms be considered news and its creators' journalists? Where are the crossovers harmful or useful? To help us explore this issue from a content creator’s perspective, our PhD student Chris Hall speaks with Konrad Benjamin, also known as Punter’s Politics. Chris’ PhD research looks into the social and legal impacts of youtubers producing journalism. You can find his article 'Platform Journalism on YouTube' here: https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/ajr_00178_7
People in this episode
Host: Chris Hall
Guest: Konrad Benjamin
Topics covered
- social media
- news consumption
- content creators
- journalism
- YouTube
- platforming
Keywords
- social media
- YouTube
- journalism
- content creators
- news
- Punter's Politics
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Centre for Media Transition
Books & works: Platform Journalism on YouTube
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