Few Americans pay for news when they encounter paywalls
Among adults who have not paid for news in the past year, the most common reason they cite is that they can find plenty of other news articles for free.
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More Americans prefer to watch the news than read or listen to it
A majority of Americans who prefer to watch the news (62%) say they prefer to get it from TV, rather than another platform.
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Can AI Stand In for Human Survey-Takers? Not Really
Synthetic surveys using digital twins do a poor job estimating the public mood and are especially error-prone for some subgroups, including Republicans and Black adults.
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6 facts about Fox News
The network holds a unique place in the U.S. media landscape, particularly for those on the ideological right.
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What types of news do Americans seek out or happen to come across?
About half of U.S. adults (49%) say they mostly get news because they happen to come across it, up from 39% in 2019.
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Republicans think economy will improve over the next year, Democrats expect it to get worse
About three-quarters of Republicans (73%) expect the economy to be better a year into President Donald Trump’s second term, while 64% of Democrats say it’ll be worse.
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Why Americans discuss the news – or don’t – with others
Even as most Americans discuss the news with others, a growing share have stopped talking to certain people about political news.
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Many Americans say they often come across inaccurate news – and have a hard time knowing what’s true
Those who report often encountering inaccurate news are more likely than those who rarely or never do to say it’s hard to know what is true (59% vs. 31%).
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Americans’ Shifting Views on Energy Issues
The share of Republicans who say the country should prioritize oil, coal and natural gas over wind and solar power has doubled to 71% over the last six years.
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Appendix A: Account classification instruction prompt
You are an AI assistant trained to help categorize social media accounts.You will be given a description of an account and some of its recent posts. Here is a detailed codebook of the information you will be asked to provide: # CODEBOOK: ##############################################################– IND-ORG: Whether the account belongs to an individual or an organization. (CHOOSE […]