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ABOUT ONE IN FIVE US ADULTS SAY THEY GET THEIR POLITICAL NEWS PRIMARILY THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA % of US adults who say the most common way they get political and election news is…
A new Pew Research Center report found that social media use correlated with a less well informed and less engaged public. Disinformation is going viral on social media platforms, with a healthy number of people reporting to have been exposed to conspiracy theories about Covid-19 across various outlets. Some of the results are surprising – for example, local TV was listed as one of the more egregious culprits, which raises questions about the sources some local news outlets are accessing.
No answer 1%
Radio 8%
Social media 18%
Print 3%
Network TV 13%
News website or app 25%
Source: Survey of US adults conducted 29 Oct-11 Nov 2019 PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Local TV 16%
Cable TV 16%
THOSE WHO TURN TO SOCIAL MEDIA FOR NEWS ARE LEAST LIKELY TO BE FOLLOWING THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS VERY CLOSELY % of US adults who say they have been following news about the coronavirus outbreak Among those who say ___ is the most common way they get political news
SOCIAL MEDIA NEWS USERS MOST LIKELY TO HAVE HEARD CONSPIRACY THEORY THAT THE PANDEMIC WAS INTENTIONALLY PLANNED % of US adults who’ve heard a lot/a little about the conspiracy theory that coronavirus was planned Among those who say ___ is the most common way they get political and election news
Very closely
Fairly closely NET
A lot
A little
NET 81%
Social media
92%
Network TV
50%
42%
26%
54%
50%
39%
17% 56%
89
73
Cable TV
News website/app
92
72
Radio
45%
47%
11%
62%
44%
46%
90
69
News website/app
Local TV
20% 49%
87
67
37%
50%
16% 51%
Radio
Netwrok TV
79
63
Local TV
32% 47%
12% 51%
79
Social media
62
Cable TV
17% 45%
23% 56%
Source: Survey of US adults, conducted 4-10 June 2020 PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Source: Survey of US adults, conducted 4-10 June 2020 PEW RESEARCH CENTER
Read the full report: Americans who mainly get their news on social media are less engaged, less knowledgeable , at bit.ly/3ocV0HY
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