1. Americans’ experiences with social media news influencers
We looked at the experiences and attitudes of the 21% of U.S. adults who regularly get news from news influencers on social media.
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We looked at the experiences and attitudes of the 21% of U.S. adults who regularly get news from news influencers on social media.
Over three weeks studied, a majority of posts on current events or civic issues (55%) by news influencers were about government, politics or the election.
Our researchers cast a wide net across the most popular social media sites to form an inclusive list of influencers who regularly discuss news.
American TikTok users follow far more pop culture and entertainment accounts than news and politics ones.
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Most Israeli adults do not post or share about political and social issues online – including the war between Israel and Hamas.
Even as most Americans discuss the news with others, a growing share have stopped talking to certain people about political news.
On TikTok, Americans often follow people who have a strong social media presence. These creator accounts make up about half of all accounts that U.S. users follow.
U.S. adults largely value journalists’ role in society but see their influence declining – and they differ over what a journalist is.
Among those who listed a main source of political news, six-in-ten say that their source is part of the “mainstream media.”
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