Majority of U.S. Catholics Express Favorable View of Pope Francis
Most say Francis represents change in the church. And many say the church should allow priests to marry and let Catholics use birth control.
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Americans’ Trust in One Another
Americans trust each other less than they did a few decades ago. We explore why this is, and why some are more trusting than others.
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1. Views on how Black people are covered in the news
Black Americans express a range of concerns about how Black people are covered in the news. Our survey asked U.S. Black adults to evaluate several aspects of the news that they see or hear about Black people. In each case, Black Americans are much more likely to offer a negative than positive assessment of news […]
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5. Black Americans’ news habits
Black Americans stay informed through a variety of sources, with national and local news outlets, interpersonal connections, and social media all playing large roles. While social media is one of the most common sources of information for Black Americans, they generally view it as less credible or reliable than other types of sources. Sources of […]
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House Freedom Caucus on Twitter: Going negative and getting attention
House Freedom Caucus members and their allies produced 28% of all tweets from GOP House members between September 2022 and mid-January 2023.
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Life on Social Media Platforms, in Users’ Own Words
In focus groups, highly engaged social media users describe the purposes that different platforms serve for them, their choices about what to reveal and how they try to anticipate any hostile reactions that could be lurking.
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Links shared by prominent accounts on Twitter differ widely from those shared on alternative social media
Prominent accounts on Twitter are more likely than those on alternative social media sites to link to print publications, TV and wire services.
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5. Journalists see political sorting of news audiences as a much bigger problem than the public does
Americans’ increased political polarization has also played out in the news environment in various ways, including the sources people turn to for news, what they believe about certain current events, and their views of the news media more broadly. As a part of this study, researchers explored the thoughts of journalists themselves about the impact […]
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About one-in-six U.S. journalists at news outlets are part of a union; many more would join one if they could
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.
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6. Journalists give industry mixed reviews on newsroom diversity, lowest marks in racial and ethnic diversity
The responses from the almost 12,000 journalists surveyed suggest that newsroom diversity is a work in progress: Journalists give their news organizations mixed grades on how well they are doing in building a sufficiently diverse staff. There is broader agreement that organizations generally treat staff fairly, regardless of age, gender, or race and ethnicity. Still, […]