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, a ticker and stock data 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.
I knew of the TikTok thing, but not being from the US I had no idea your news broadcasts are so… cramped with information
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.
That or on the 24/7 news channels which need a lot of filler and don’t necessarily have interesting stuff to show
That’s exactly what my deranged uncle watches. It’s not been good for his mental health imo.
No you don’t understand it’s TikTok which is ruining our kids!!! Trump is right!!1!
Thanks for the explanation. I thought it was six different low res images and no context.
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.
Guess you exposed my european, millenial ass. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
what…?
The ultimate shitpost, I guess.
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?
It’s the same thing
But what thing is it?
The left has a tiktok with multiple videos playing at the same time in order to increase the average watch time of every viewer so it goes further in the algorithm.
The right has the news combined with other news things at the same time (in order to increase watch time as well I assume)
OP makes the revelation that both are doing the same. Namely adding more content in small windows in order to increase watchtime.
This is funny because it’s generally considered low quality (as I consider it low quality and therefore everyone does) and the news doing the same means that said news is also low quality and probably should be avoided.
Ah, I avoid tiktok for reasons like this, I thought OP edited it together for reasons I was oblivious to. Thank you.
the same
Aw jeez Louis, it’s just like the time my attention span was too low to understand a meme.
I’m sorry, is this comment a reference to something?
Not untrue, but I think the side on the right is for TV’s without sound, like in a subway station and alike.
