6. Overall, social media plays a moderate role in local news
Overall, social media plays a moderate role in local news – sometimes eclipsing traditional pathways in popularity but still being decidedly less prominent than the television.
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Part Two: Taking a closer look at local news attitudes and behaviors within individual local areas
Residents of two areas – San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX and Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI – see their local news media as notably more connected to the community than U.S. adults overall, and they also give their local media better ratings. Residents of the other two – Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA and Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN – show more negative attitudes and lower interest in local news.
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3. Americans’ struggles with truth, accuracy and accountability
Many think America is experiencing a crisis in facts and truth, and they believe this problem ties into the current state of distrust people have in institutions. The Center recently reported that half of U.S. adults say made-up news and information is a very big problem in the country today, and about two-thirds say it […]
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For Local News, Americans Embrace Digital but Still Want Strong Community Connection
Nearly as many U.S. adults prefer to get local news online as through a TV set. And while Americans prize community connection from their local news providers, they are largely unaware of the financial challenges they face.
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6. Trust in specific news outlets in France
In seven of the eight countries surveyed, the public news organization is the most trusted news outlet asked about in each country. This is the case in France, where a large majority of French adults (73%) say they trust the public broadcaster France 2. Some variations in trust in specific outlets, based on political identities […]
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2. Platforms used for news
Among four platforms asked about – TV, radio, online and print – TV is often the most popular for news: Six-in-ten adults or more in each country studied (including as many as 81%) get news there at least daily. France similarly has a large portion of adults (71%) who get news daily from TV. Radio […]
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4. Most Americans think their local news media are doing well financially; few help to support it
Most Americans think their local news media are doing just fine financially. That sense seems to be reflected in their own contributions, or lack thereof.
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Part Three: The characteristics of communities show some effect on local news habits
Any local news system is inherently embedded within a particular community – and characteristics of communities vary extensively, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau and other sources. Some have a larger share of young adults, driving down the median age, while others have a sizable senior population, driving the median up. Some have […]
