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Podcasts as a Source of News and Information
Appendix: Detailed tables of demographic profiles and party identification of podcast listeners
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- Podcasts as a Source of News and Information
- Nearly nine-in-ten of those who hear news on podcasts expect it to be accurate
- Republican podcast listeners more likely than Democrats to trust podcast news and say it offers unique content
- Younger Americans more likely to listen to podcasts, and they turn to podcasts for different reasons than older listeners
- 1. How Americans use and engage with podcasts
- Podcast listeners most often turn to podcasts for entertainment, education and diversion
- Podcast listeners hear about many different topics, with comedy and entertainment atop the list
- Six-in-ten podcast listeners have watched a movie, read a book or listened to music because of a podcast they listened to
- 2. Americans’ experience with news on podcasts
- 3. How Republicans and Democrats engage with podcasts
- 4. Podcast use among different age groups
- Acknowledgments
- Methodology
- Appendix: Detailed tables of demographic profiles and party identification of podcast listeners
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
- Podcasts as a Source of News and Information
- Nearly nine-in-ten of those who hear news on podcasts expect it to be accurate
- Republican podcast listeners more likely than Democrats to trust podcast news and say it offers unique content
- Younger Americans more likely to listen to podcasts, and they turn to podcasts for different reasons than older listeners
- 1. How Americans use and engage with podcasts
- Podcast listeners most often turn to podcasts for entertainment, education and diversion
- Podcast listeners hear about many different topics, with comedy and entertainment atop the list
- Six-in-ten podcast listeners have watched a movie, read a book or listened to music because of a podcast they listened to
- 2. Americans’ experience with news on podcasts
- 3. How Republicans and Democrats engage with podcasts
- 4. Podcast use among different age groups
- Acknowledgments
- Methodology
- Appendix: Detailed tables of demographic profiles and party identification of podcast listeners
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