How Americans View Journalists in the Digital Age
U.S. adults largely value journalists’ role in society but see their influence declining – and they differ over what a journalist is.
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U.S. adults largely value journalists’ role in society but see their influence declining – and they differ over what a journalist is.
About six-in-ten Americans (59%) say AI will lead to fewer jobs for journalists in the next two decades.
Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to support ending federal funding for public media.
This study explores the makeup of the social media news influencer universe, including who they are, what content they create and who their audiences are.
Most Americans say it is not important that the news they get comes from journalists who share their political views, age, gender or other traits.
More Americans now prefer to get local news online, while fewer turn to TV or print. And most say local news outlets are important to their community.
The Pew-Knight Initiative will deliver a comprehensive, real-time look at the information landscape from the standpoints of both consumers and producers of news.
76% of Black adults say they at least sometimes get news on TV, compared with 62% of both White and Hispanic adults and 52% of Asian adults.
Four-in-ten Americans who get news from social media say inaccuracy is the thing they dislike most about it – an increase of 9 percentage points since 2018.
A declining share of U.S. adults are following the news closely, and audiences are shrinking for several older types of news media.
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