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The Role of Alternative Social Media in the News and Information Environment
Appendix A: Detailed tables for audit of seven alternative social media sites
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- The Role of Alternative Social Media in the News and Information Environment
- 1. Americans are more aware of some alternative social media sites than others, but overall, very few get news there
- 2. Alternative social media sites frequently identify as free speech advocates
- Almost all alternative social media sites moderate at least some content and give users the chance to block content themselves
- Almost all alternative social media sites emphasize privacy protections, but vary in exactly what they offer
- Most sites linked to high-profile backers; some sites also use other revenue streams
- Alternative social media sites vary in how they organize user content
- All alternative social media sites studied available on web, most available through apps
- 3. Prominent accounts on alternative social media sites mostly are individuals, not organizations
- 4. Content from prominent alternative social media accounts highlights extreme vaccine skepticism, anxiety over LGBTQ issues
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A: Detailed tables for audit of seven alternative social media sites
- Appendix B: Detailed tables for content analysis of sample of prominent accounts
- Appendix C: Detailed tables for content analysis of posts from prominent accounts from June 2022
- Appendix D: Sampled affiliated prominent accounts, by site
- Methodology
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Table of Contents
- The Role of Alternative Social Media in the News and Information Environment
- 1. Americans are more aware of some alternative social media sites than others, but overall, very few get news there
- 2. Alternative social media sites frequently identify as free speech advocates
- Almost all alternative social media sites moderate at least some content and give users the chance to block content themselves
- Almost all alternative social media sites emphasize privacy protections, but vary in exactly what they offer
- Most sites linked to high-profile backers; some sites also use other revenue streams
- Alternative social media sites vary in how they organize user content
- All alternative social media sites studied available on web, most available through apps
- 3. Prominent accounts on alternative social media sites mostly are individuals, not organizations
- 4. Content from prominent alternative social media accounts highlights extreme vaccine skepticism, anxiety over LGBTQ issues
- Acknowledgments
- Appendix A: Detailed tables for audit of seven alternative social media sites
- Appendix B: Detailed tables for content analysis of sample of prominent accounts
- Appendix C: Detailed tables for content analysis of posts from prominent accounts from June 2022
- Appendix D: Sampled affiliated prominent accounts, by site
- Methodology
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