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While 27% of U.S. adults say they have heard of Telegram, only 2% use the alternative social media app for news.
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While 27% of U.S. adults say they have heard of Telegram, only 2% use the alternative social media app for news.
In just three years, the share of U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from TikTok has more than quadrupled, from 3% in 2020 to 14% in 2023.
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More Americans now prefer to get local news online, while fewer turn to TV or print. And most say local news outlets are important to their community.
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.
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