Americans say keeping up with key news topics is crucial. But fewer say they’re highly informed themselves
Democrats and Republicans broadly show similar patterns in how they evaluate the importance of staying informed about various topics.
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Luxuan Wang is a research associate at Pew Research Center, where she studies Americans’ experiences with news and attitudes toward new engagement in a changing information environment. Luxuan holds a PhD in Communication, Information & Media Studies from Rutgers University.