News on Twitter: Consumed by Most Users and Trusted by Many
Fully 70% of U.S. adult Twitter news consumers say they have used Twitter to follow live news events, up from 59% who said this in 2015.
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Fully 70% of U.S. adult Twitter news consumers say they have used Twitter to follow live news events, up from 59% who said this in 2015.
A survey of U.S.-based journalists finds 77% would choose their career all over again, though 57% are highly concerned about future restrictions on press freedom.
In recent years, several new options have emerged in the social media universe, many of which explicitly present themselves as alternatives to more established social media platforms. Free speech ideals and heated political themes prevail on these sites, which draw praise from their users and skepticism from other Americans.
We asked U.S. adults whether they consider each of 13 different news outlets to be a part of the mainstream media or not.
While Fox’s audience spans ideologies on the right, its new challengers attract mainly conservatives.
Both Democrats and Republicans express far more distrust than trust of social media sites as sources for political and election news.
In total, 20% of all Democrats get political news only from outlets with left-leaning audiences, while 18% of all Republicans do so only from outlets with right-leaning audiences.
Americans who closely follow political news are more likely to have confidence that the public will accept election results. And that’s true across party boundaries.
Responses to cable news coverage and the pandemic vary notably among Americans who identify Fox News, MSNBC or CNN as their main source of political news.
There are notable differences between white and black Democrats in news consumption habits and assessments of recent political events and figures in the news.
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