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57% of U.S. journalists surveyed say they are extremely or very concerned about potential restrictions on press freedoms in the country.
Most of our research on the U.S. news environment has been from the viewpoint of the public, but this time we surveyed journalists themselves.
59% of Americans are following news about the 2020 candidates closely, but far fewer are following it very closely at this stage of the race.
Our director of journalism studies explains how we determined what media outlets Americans turn to and trust for their political news.
The share of Americans who prefer to get their news online is growing. More Americans get news on social media than from print newspapers.
When we asked people if they regularly got news about the 2016 presidential election through either the print or online version of four specific U.S. newspapers, three of these papers – The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal – attracted more adults younger than 50 than 50 and older as regular readers.
Facebook sends by far the most mobile readers to news sites of any social media site, while Twitter mobile users spend more engaged time with news content.
Jesse Holcomb, associate director of research at the Center, explains how the new report was put together.
Among Greek-language tweets studied, 40% of the conversation included positive expressions about the EU proposals on the referendum calling for a financial bailout, while 33% was negative and 27% was neutral.
A new analysis of about 300,000 tweets in Greek and English, collected between July 6 and 12, finds that the conversation about the controversial Greek prime minister has been primarily negative in tone, especially among those posting tweets in Greek.
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