News Habits & Media

As election returns rolled in – albeit more slowly than in recent years – Americans were tuning in closely. They also, for the most part, gave their news sources positive marks for the coverage of the returns, though Republicans were less likely to do so than Democrats.

Here are five facts about how much Americans have heard about the QAnon conspiracy theories and their views about them.

59% of Americans say made-up information that is intended to mislead causes a “great deal” of confusion about the 2020 presidential election.

Among the six publicly traded newspaper companies studied, second-quarter advertising revenue fell by a median of 42% year over year.

Though this figure is a sliver of all PPP loans lent out to small businesses as of August, it represents a large segment of U.S. newspaper companies.

About eight-in-ten Americans (79%) say news organizations tend to favor one side when presenting the news on political and social issues.

We have studied Americans’ attitudes toward tech companies for years. Here are takeaways from our recent research.

Biden supporters are more likely than Trump supporters to be confident their news sources will make the right call in announcing a winner. And partisans remain worlds apart on how well the U.S. has controlled the coronavirus outbreak.

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.

The share of social media users who say they have changed their views on an issue has increased since we last asked this question in 2018.