Research Analyst
The transition of the news industry away from print, television and radio into digital spaces has caused huge disruptions in the traditional news industry, especially the print news industry. Today, an overwhelming majority of Americans get news at least sometimes from digital devices.
Social media is playing a crucial role in Americans’ news consumption. Today, three-in-ten U.S. adults say they regularly get news on Facebook. Slightly fewer (26%) regularly get news on YouTube.
Most Americans say the U.S. government and technology companies should each take steps to restrict false information and extremely violent content online.
A new Pew Research Center survey reveals that podcast listening is highly fragmented, and no one podcast dominates.
Roughly half of U.S. adults say they have listened to a podcast in the past year, including one-in-five who report listening at least a few times a week. Most podcast listeners say this experience includes hearing news, which they largely expect to be mostly accurate. Large shares of listeners say they turn to podcasts for entertainment, learning or having something to listen to while doing something else.
While 27% of U.S. adults say they have heard of Telegram, only 2% use the alternative social media app for news.
Half of 18- to 29-year-olds say they have at least some trust in the information they get from social media sites.
41% of U.S. journalists who are employed at least part time at a news outlet say they would join a union if it were available to them.
A survey of U.S.-based journalists finds 77% would choose their career all over again, though 57% are highly concerned about future restrictions on press freedom.
37% of U.S. adults say they are following news about the coronavirus outbreak very closely. That is up from 31% in March 2021.
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