Pew Research Center
What Google searches can tell us about Americans’ interest in guns (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Fri, 03/16/2018 - 12:15Nearly one-in-five Americans now listen to audiobooks (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 03/08/2018 - 11:12Social Media Use in 2018
The social media landscape in early 2018 is defined by a mix of long-standing trends and newly emerging narratives. Facebook and YouTube dominate this landscape, as notable majorities of U.S. adults use each of these sites. At the same time, younger Americans (especially those ages 18 to 24) stand out for embracing a variety of platforms and using them frequently. Some 78% of 18- to 24-year-olds use Snapchat, and a sizeable majority of these users (71%) visit the platform multiple times per day.
Use of election forecasts in campaign coverage can confuse voters and may lower turnout (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 02/06/2018 - 11:56There’s a large gender gap in congressional Facebook posts about sexual misconduct (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 02/01/2018 - 12:58Sources Shared on Twitter: A Case Study on Immigration (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 01/29/2018 - 11:09Very liberal or conservative legislators most likely to share news on Facebook
The most ideological members of Congress shared news stories on their Facebook pages more than twice as often as moderate legislators between Jan. 2, 2015, and July 20, 2017. Members of Congress with very conservative or very liberal voting records shared news links in about 14% of all their posts. But members with more moderate ideology scores shared links to news stories in just 6% of their posts. Some of the outlets included in the study were linked to exclusively by Democrats or by Republicans in Congress.
Many people in other countries closely follow news about the US (Pew Research Center)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 01/16/2018 - 12:08
Publics Globally Want Unbiased News Coverage, but Are Divided on Whether Their News Media Deliver
Publics around the world overwhelmingly agree that the news media should be unbiased in their coverage of political issues, according to a new survey of 38 countries. Yet, when asked how their news media are doing on reporting different political issues fairly, people are far more mixed in their sentiments, with many saying their media do not deliver.