Social Media Bots Draw Public’s Attention and Concern
About two-thirds of Americans have heard about social media bots. Many are concerned that bots are used maliciously and negatively affect how well-informed Americans are about current events.
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Most Western Europeans prefer TV news while use of print outlets lags
Western Europeans have a clear preference for television as a source of news. And while use of online and radio outlets for news is also widespread, print trails the other formats.
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News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2018
Most Americans continue to get news on social media, even though many have concerns about its accuracy.
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Many Facebook users don’t understand how the site’s news feed works
Around half of U.S. adults who use Facebook say they do not understand why certain posts but not others are included in their news feed. Older users are particularly likely to say they do not understand the workings of the news feed.
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About a third of large U.S. newspapers have suffered layoffs since 2017
Newspaper layoffs have far from abated in the past year, and digital-native news outlets are also suffering losses. At least 36% of the largest U.S. newspapers and at least 23% of the highest-traffic digital-native news outlets experienced layoffs between January 2017 and April 2018.
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Many tweeted about immigration news in Trump’s first month in office, but frequent users drove traffic
About eight-in-ten Twitter users who tweeted about immigration with a link in the first month of the Trump presidency shared at least one tweet that had a link to a news site.
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The news that bots share on Twitter tends not to focus on politics
On Twitter, suspected bots are far more active in sharing links to news sites focusing on nonpolitical content than to sites with a political focus.
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Across Western Europe, public news media are widely used and trusted sources of news
In seven Western European countries surveyed, the top main source for news is a public news organization – such as the BBC in the UK, Sveriges Television/Radio (SVT/Radio) in Sweden or ARD in Germany – rather than a private one.
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En Europa Occidental, las actitudes del público con respecto a los medios informativos se encuentran más divididas por las opiniones populistas que por las ideologías de derechas o de izquierdas
En Europa Occidental, las opiniones del público sobre los medios informativos están divididas por las tendencias populistas, más que por las identidades políticas de izquierdas o de derechas, según una nueva encuesta del Pew Research Center realizada en Dinamarca, Francia, Alemania, Italia, los Países Bajos, España, Suecia y el Reino Unido.
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Allmänhetens inställning till nyhetsmedia i Västeuropa mer uppdelad efter populistiska åsikter än vänster/höger-ideologier
Den här texten har översatts från engelska till svenska. I Västeuropa är allmänhetens inställning till nyhetsmedia mer uppdelad efter populistiska åsikter än efter den politiska vänster–höger-skalan, enligt en ny undersökning av Pew Research Center som genomförts i Danmark, Frankrike, Tyskland, Italien, Nederländerna, Spanien, Sverige och Storbritannien. Undersökningen genomfördes den 30 oktober–20 december 2017 bland 16 114 […]
