Christopher St. Aubin

Newspapers are a critical part of the American news landscape, but they have been hard hit as more and more Americans consume news digitally.

Most Americans say the U.S. government and technology companies should each take steps to restrict false information and extremely violent content online.

True crime stands out as the most common topic of top-ranked podcasts in the United States.

True crime is the most common topic, making up 24% of top-ranked podcasts; 15% of the top podcasts focus on news. The next most common topics are politics and government (10%); entertainment, pop culture and the arts (9%); and self-help and relationships (8%).

About one-in-ten U.S. adults have heard of Gab, an alternative social media site, and 1% say that they get news there regularly.

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.