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Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
The Pew-Knight Initiative will deliver a comprehensive, real-time look at the information landscape from the standpoints of both consumers and producers of news.
With Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid now officially underway, here are key facts about Truth Social and its users.
More than half of Americans (58%) say they are following news about candidates for the 2024 presidential election very or fairly closely.
The social media sites that journalists use most frequently for their jobs differ from those that the public turns to for news.
While 38% of U.S. adults say they have heard of Parler, just 1% of Americans regularly get news there.
76% of Black adults say they at least sometimes get news on TV, compared with 62% of both White and Hispanic adults and 52% of Asian adults.
About three-quarters of Black adults in the United States say they see or hear news coverage about their local community at least sometimes.
61% of U.S. adults say they have heard at least a fair amount about the phrase “cancel culture,” up from 44% in September 2020.
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, 73% of U.S. adults say the freedom of the press is extremely or very important to the well-being of society.
Only 9% of adult social media users say they often post or share things about political or social issues on social media.
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