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Computational Social Science Assistant
Kaitlyn Radde is a computational social science assistant at Pew Research Center.
Half of U.S. adults under 50 say they get health and wellness information from social media influencers or podcasts. About 4 in 10 of these influencers describe themselves as health care professionals; coaches and entrepreneurs are almost as common.
Over 1,500 new data centers are in development nationwide. Most will be built in rural areas, particularly the South and Midwest, marking a shift from urban locations.
U.S. adults under 30 follow news less closely than any other age group. And they’re more likely to get (and trust) news from social media.
About one-in-five U.S. adults say they regularly get news from news influencers on social media, and this is especially common among younger adults.
Podcasts are playing a bigger role in Americans’ news diets. Around a third of U.S. adults say they get news from podcasts at least sometimes.
Many Americans use social media for news: About a fifth or more regularly get news on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.
How Americans get news continues to evolve as platforms emerge, like AI chatbots and email newsletters. Find out how often they get news from digital devices.
Pew Research Center’s News Media Tracker shows data on Americans’ awareness of, use of and trust in 30 major news sources to map out part of the U.S. media ecosystem.
As people are exposed to more information from more sources than ever before, how they define and feel about “news” has become less clear-cut.
Is it harder being a teen today? Or do they have it easier than those of past generations? We asked parents and teens who say being a teenager has gotten harder or easier to explain in their own words why they think so.
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