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reportJan 8, 2018

D’Vera Cohn

D’Vera Cohn is a senior writer at the Pew Research Center. She studies and writes about demographics in the United States, especially the Census.
reportJul 3, 2018

3. Fifty-fifty anecdotes: How digital life has been both positive and negative

A number of these experts wrote about both sides of the story, taking the time to point out some of the ways in which digital life is a blessing and a curse. A selection of these mixed-response anecdotes follows. James M. Hinton, an author, commented, “Having grown up in the pre-internet era, my childhood was […]
reportJan 29, 2018

3. Few sites linked to in immigration-related tweets explicitly stated a political ideology or ‘anti-establishment’ focus

Another question around the mix of information providers available on the web today is outward political alignment: the degree to which sources align themselves directly with a particular party or ideological agenda. To help answer this question, researchers examined whether each site in the News Organizations and Other Information Providers categories labeled themselves as conservative […]
short readsNov 2, 2017

More Americans are turning to multiple social media sites for news

About a quarter of all U.S. adults get news from two or more social media sites, up from 15% in 2013 and 18% in 2016.
reportSep 7, 2017

News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2017

Today, 67% of U.S. adults get at least some news on social media. Twitter, YouTube and Snapchat serve as sources of news for more of their users, though Facebook still leads as a source of news for Americans.
reportApr 17, 2018

3. Concerns about the future of people’s well-being

About half of the people responding in this study were in substantial agreement that the positives of digital life will continue to outweigh the negatives. However, as in all great technological revolutions, digital life has and will continue to have a dark side. Roughly a third of respondents predicted that harms to well-being will outweigh […]
short readsOct 18, 2017

In Trump’s first 100 days, news stories citing his tweets were more likely to be negative

News stories about the beginning of Trump administration’s presidency that included one of his tweets were more likely to have an overall negative assessment.
reportJan 29, 2018

2. Most News Organizations sites linked to on Twitter in posts about immigration were created before the presidential campaign; few were found in external ‘fake news’ lists

Following the 2016 election, news emerged that some sites were looking to seize public attention by publishing completely “made-up” or misleading information – from inaccurate stories about Pope Francis endorsing Trump to claims that a Washington pizzeria was being used by members of the Clinton campaign for child prostitution to sites that mimic popular news […]
short readsOct 4, 2017

Key trends in social and digital news media

Read 10 key findings from recent Pew Research Center reports about today’s digital news media landscape.
reportAug 29, 2017

2. In their own words: Likes and concerns about Trump

Asked in an open-ended format what they most like about Donald Trump, about a quarter of Americans (23%) mention Trump’s approach and personality, saying he “keeps his promises” or “tells it like it is.” Mentions of Trump’s approach are the second most common response to this question; only the share of Americans who say there […]

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3. Few sites linked to in immigration-related tweets explicitly stated a political ideology or ‘anti-establishment’ focus

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2. Most News Organizations sites linked to on Twitter in posts about immigration were created before the presidential campaign; few were found in external ‘fake news’ lists

2. In their own words: Likes and concerns about Trump

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