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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. Most people agree that information must be factual, up to date and important to society to be considered news.
The share of news influencers in our sample with a Bluesky account roughly doubled in the four months after Election Day 2024, from 21% beforehand to 43% by March.
53% of Republicans have at least some trust in information from national news outlets in 2025, up from 40% in 2024.
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Overview With a contested primary in only one party this year, fewer Americans are closely following news about the presidential campaign than four years ago. As a consequence, long-term declines in the number of people getting campaign news from such sources as local TV and network news have steepened, and even the number gathering campaign […]
