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The Role of Alternative Social Media in the News and Information Environment
About two-thirds of alternative social media news consumers are Republicans
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- The Role of Alternative Social Media in the News and Information Environment
- Alternative social media sites attract a small, loyal base of news consumers; top accounts often espouse pro-Trump, pro-America, religious themes
- Staying informed about current events is a top reason people use alternative social media sites and users are generally satisfied with their news experience
- Most alternative social media sites in the study moderate their content to at least some extent
- 15% of prominent alternative social media accounts have been banned or demonetized on other social media sites
- Alternative social media news consumers more likely than Americans overall to favor free speech protection over safeguards against false or offensive content
- Most alternative social media news consumers feel a sense of a community there and say discussions are friendly
- About a quarter of prominent alternative social media accounts link themselves to GOP, Trump
- About two-thirds of alternative social media news consumers are Republicans
- Wide variance in the sites Americans have heard of, but few get news on any
- How Pew Research Center analyzed alternative social media sites