The share of Americans who prefer to get their news online is growing. More Americans get news on social media than from print newspapers.
Black adults stand out for their trust in local news organizations, and they are more likely to feel connected to their main source of news.
A majority of rural Americans say local news media mostly cover an area other than the one where they live.
Amy Mitchell, director of journalism research at Pew Research Center, discusses the findings of a new study on America's local news landscape.
In an interactive feature, you can see detailed profiles of local news attitudes and behaviors across the United States.
A majority of Americans believe the news media do not understand people like them, and this feeling is especially common among Republicans.
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.
If you feel like there is too much news and you can’t keep up, you are not alone. A sizable portion of Americans are feeling overwhelmed by the amount of news there is.
While there are many reasons that Americans get science news, the most common driver of attention to science news is curiosity, according to a 2017 Pew Research Center study. But people are also motivated to seek out science news for different reasons depending on the issues they care about most, with the environment being a prime example.
A global median of 75% want their news media to be unbiased when covering political issues, yet many say the news media do a poor job of reporting on political issues fairly.
