---
title: "Public Interest and Awareness of the News"
description: "Report Summary In a period when Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as President of the USSR, when the Soviet Union fragmented and dissolved, and when the Commonwealth of Independent States took its place, stories about the U.S. economy are being followed much more closely by the American people."
date: "1992-01-24"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/1992/01/24/public-interest-and-awarness-of-the-news/"
categories:
  - "Economy & Work"
  - "News Coverage"
---

# Public Interest and Awareness of the News

## Report Summary

In a period when Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as President of the USSR, when the Soviet Union fragmented and dissolved, and when the Commonwealth of Independent States took its place, stories about the U.S. economy are being followed much more closely by the American people.