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short readsMar 30, 2020

QAnon’s conspiracy theories have seeped into U.S. politics, but most don’t know what it is

Despite the spread of the conspiracy theories, about three-quarters of U.S. adults say they have heard or read nothing at all about them.
reportJan 29, 2020

An oasis of bipartisanship: Republicans and Democrats distrust social media sites for political and election news

Both Democrats and Republicans express far more distrust than trust of social media sites as sources for political and election news.
reportNov 22, 2021

3. Large improvement of digital spaces is unlikely by 2035: Human frailties will remain the same; corporations, governments and the public will not be able to make reforms

Experts who doubt significant improvement will be made in the digital democratic sphere anytime soon say the key factor underlying the currently concerning challenges of online discourse is the ways in which people, with their varied and complicated motivations and behaviors, use and abuse the digital spaces that are built for them. Those who think […]
reportSep 28, 2020

Methodology

This report – a study of news on YouTube – uses three different research components and methodologies, including a national representative survey of U.S. adults conducted through Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP) and a content analysis of YouTube channels and the news videos they produced. Survey The American Trends Panel (ATP), created by […]
reportDec 8, 2020

2. Assessing different survey measurement approaches for news consumption

Broadly speaking, perhaps the biggest problem with survey measurement of news consumption is that it seems to produce inflated estimates of how much news people consume when compared with other sources, such as ratings or online trackers.[5.numoffset=”5″ E.g., Prior, 2009, “The Immensely Inflated News Audience: Assessing Bias in Self-Reported News Exposure.”] This may be because, […]
reportAug 19, 2020

Most Americans Think Social Media Sites Censor Political Viewpoints

Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to say major tech companies favor the views of liberals over conservatives. At the same time, partisans differ on whether social media companies should flag inaccurate information on their platforms.
quizFeb 19, 2020

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reportDec 8, 2020

3. The promise and pitfalls of using passive data to measure online news consumption

Given the challenges of survey research detailed above, it is worth considering other approaches to measuring news consumption – especially when it comes to getting news online. One possibility is so-called “passive” data, in which respondents’ online activity is recorded automatically by a computer tracker. Several vendors now offer these types of panels: They recruit […]
reportOct 23, 2019

National Politics on Twitter: Small Share of U.S. Adults Produce Majority of Tweets

The findings of this analysis paint a nuanced picture of just how prevalent political speech is among U.S. adults on Twitter.
featureJan 24, 2020

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3. Large improvement of digital spaces is unlikely by 2035: Human frailties will remain the same; corporations, governments and the public will not be able to make reforms

2. Assessing different survey measurement approaches for news consumption

Most Americans Think Social Media Sites Censor Political Viewpoints

Muslims and Islam Knowledge Quiz

3. The promise and pitfalls of using passive data to measure online news consumption

National Politics on Twitter: Small Share of U.S. Adults Produce Majority of Tweets