Democrats who get political news from social media were more likely to suspect foul play in Iowa caucus results | Pew Research Center

July 29, 2020

4. In addition to lower awareness of current events, social media news users hear more about some unproven claims

Democrats who get political news from social media were more likely to suspect foul play in Iowa caucus results

Democrats who get political news from social media were more likely to suspect foul play in Iowa caucus results

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4. In addition to lower awareness of current events, social media news users hear more about some unproven claims
Conspiracy theory that pandemic was intentionally planned more likely to reach social media news consumers
Those who get most of their news through social media have heard more about unproven theories that vitamin C, 5G technology are connected to COVID-19
Americans who get news on social media more likely to believe coronavirus was developed in a laboratory
Democrats who get political news from social media were more likely to suspect foul play in Iowa caucus results
Social media group not highly concerned about possible effects of misinformation on the 2020 election