How Americans Navigated the News in 2020: A Tumultuous Year in Review
Americans inhabited different information environments, with wide gaps in how they viewed the election and COVID-19.
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Americans inhabited different information environments, with wide gaps in how they viewed the election and COVID-19.
Voting members of the 116th Congress collectively produced more than 2.2 million tweets and Facebook posts in 2019 and 2020.
Social media activity by members of Congress changed in notable ways following the rioting at the Capitol by supporters of President Trump.
Roughly four-in-ten Americans have experienced online harassment, with half of this group citing politics as the reason they think they were targeted. Growing shares face more severe online abuse such as sexual harassment or stalking
In preelection tweets about the U.S., lawmakers abroad focused on how the election will affect bilateral ties and trade.
53% of U.S. adults who voted in the general election say they engaged in at least 1 of 6 political activities over the past six months.
These platforms have served as venues for political engagement and social activism for many years, especially for Black Americans.
Here are five facts about how much Americans have heard about the QAnon conspiracy theories and their views about them.
We have studied Americans’ attitudes toward tech companies for years. Here are takeaways from our recent research.
Just one-in-ten Americans say social media sites have a mostly positive effect on the way things are going in the U.S. today.
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