Many Americans Get News on YouTube, Where News Organizations and Independent Producers Thrive Side by Side
Videos from independent news producers are more likely to cover subjects negatively and discuss conspiracy theories.
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Videos from independent news producers are more likely to cover subjects negatively and discuss conspiracy theories.
A majority of experts canvassed say significant reforms aimed at correcting problems in democratic institutions and representation will take place. But they are divided about whether this will lead to positive outcomes for the public.
Social media platforms provide a major avenue for people to connect with friends, relatives and acquaintances they do not see in person on a regular basis. A median of 46% of Facebook users report seeing few or none of their Facebook “friends” in person regularly, while just 31% see most or all of them in […]
About a third of the experts who responded to this canvassing said people’s uses of technology will mostly strengthen core aspects of democracy and democratic representation. This section includes comments about hopes for the future that were made by all respondents, whether or not their answer in this canvassing was that democracy will be strengthened. […]
When asked about how people’s uses of technology will affect core aspects of democracy in the next decade about 18% of the experts responding to this canvassing said they will not affect much change in core aspects of democracy and democratic representation. Fred Baker, board member of the Internet Systems Consortium and longtime leader in […]
A majority of U.S. adults can answer fewer than half the questions correctly on a digital knowledge quiz, and many struggle with certain cybersecurity and privacy questions
The tech landscape has changed dramatically over the past decade, both in the United States and around the world.
The study included other data quality checks based on those used in prior studies of response quality. Several of these tests found further evidence that opt-in respondents are more prone to giving low-quality answers than address-recruited respondents. Other tests found no meaningful differences across the sources. One test developed decades ago involves asking respondents about […]
About half of the experts responding to this canvassing said people’s uses of technology will mostly weaken core aspects of democracy and democratic representation, but even those who expressed optimism often voiced concerns. This section includes comments about problems that were made by all respondents regardless of their answer to the main question about the […]
Democrats are more likely than Republicans to have stopped discussing political and election news with someone: 50% vs. 41%, respectively.
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