Q&A: How Pew Research Center studied press coverage of the Biden administration’s early days
We thought it would be valuable to combine our study of news coverage itself with data on people’s views about, and exposure to, that coverage.
Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
We thought it would be valuable to combine our study of news coverage itself with data on people’s views about, and exposure to, that coverage.
Biden supporters are more likely than Trump supporters to be confident their news sources will make the right call in announcing a winner. And partisans remain worlds apart on how well the U.S. has controlled the coronavirus outbreak.
Most Americans (71%) have heard of a conspiracy theory that alleges that powerful people intentionally planned the coronavirus outbreak.
Those ages 18 to 29 differ from older Americans in their news consumption habits and in their responses to major news events and coverage.
More than half of these social media news consumers say they have encountered made-up news about COVID-19.
Black adults were much more likely than whites and somewhat more likely than Hispanic adults to frequently discuss the pandemic with others.
The percentage who say journalists have exaggerated the risks of the outbreak has decreased notably in recent weeks.
The public’s sense about the pandemic’s impact on the financial well-being of most news organizations is far from clear.
A new analysis of open-ended responses to a survey of U.S. adults looks at the specific storylines or claims about COVID-19 that Americans said they were exposed to.
Hispanics are more concerned than Americans overall about the threat COVID-19 poses to Americans’ health, their own finances and daily life.
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