The news did it first

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• Prunebutt@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  For people wondering:

  On the left you see a format popular on tiktok, where a clip from a videogame, some ice cream video and a Family Guy clip share the screen, playing simultaneously.

  On the right you see a news anchor with weather info and some ticker news also sharing the same screen.

  The tiktok format is supposedly for low attention span kids which (also supposedly) need three completely disconnected things happening on screen at once in order to not lose interest in the video. The other one is… the news as it is common in the US.

  “They are the same”: you could say that both of these formats serve the same purpose.

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  • Th4tGuyII@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I knew of the TikTok thing, but not being from the US I had no idea your news broadcasts are so... cramped with information

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    • LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      They’re not all like that. Most of the local newscasts show one thing at a time.

      The format pictured is something I’ve only seen in places like a doctor’s waiting room, or at my deranged uncle’s house.

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    • bstix@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You should see the Japanese TV then. It’s not only cramped, it’s completely different programs at the same time. I don’t even know what the reaction clips are reacting to or which is the main program.

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    • altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah that’s not a news broadcast, that’s cable TV news

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  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Just so you’re aware, the TV broadcast is (Canadian) CP24 Toronto, and they have this so that you don’t have to wait through commercials and other random news segments to get weather, traffic, headlines and stock tickers. This is a common channel to have on in waiting rooms and the like.

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    • Prunebutt@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Guess you exposed my Europian, millenial ass. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  • TigrisMorte@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thanks for the explanation. I thought it was six different low res images and no context.

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    • KevonLooney@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      First time on Lemmy?

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  • affiliate@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    i think the phrase for the tiktok format is “content sludge”.

    i saw an interesting video on it a while back: m.youtube.com/watch?v=OuaDbu_VBLY

    id recommend the video to anyone looking for a thoughtful examination of why this format became so popular and widespread.

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  • elbucho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Thanks for that; I’m way too old for TikTok, so had absolutely no idea what I was looking at here.

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  • uis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Just one format uses spatial multiplexing, while other temporal multiplexing

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  • Mandy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    i was about to ask what the fuck is happening

    i hope these are just dont know what they are doing, aint no way people on tiktok have that much of a smoothbrain they need 3 videos at the same time

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  • Fades@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    But it’s not tho, the news is cramming as much releavant information as possible on screen, it’s not there to captivate anyone

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    • Prunebutt@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Why are you telling me?

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  • akintudne@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Damn. I thought it was to get around copyright bots.

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• Discover5164@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  what…?

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  • Synnr@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The ultimate shitpost, I guess.

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  • 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Boredom buster/subway surfer on the screen while technical explanations are being given and headlines/weather/ads/whatever else being on the screen during the news being the same thing I think?

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  • Gap@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s the same thing

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    • Khanzarate@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      But what thing is it?

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    • Fades@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t watch the “news” but it is absolutely not the same. All that bullshit is different varying levels of relevant information so you don’t have to sit and wait for commercials and other news segments. It is information at a quick glance whereas TikTok is all about keeping you engaged.

      Yeah they both show more than one topic at a time but that’s where the similarities end. But sure, it’s the sAmE

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• serpineslair@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Eh, but at least the additional content on the news channels could be seen as somewhat useful. There is nothing useful about watching another random clip of Subway Surfers.

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• pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  FYI this is referred to as Sludge Content. I learned about it from this strangely… hypnotic… video essay

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• kandoh@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Not untrue, but I think the side on the right is for TV’s without sound, like in a subway station and alike.

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• Fades@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This had to have been made by a child, absolutely not the same

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