As recently as 2017, radio was the most popular method for listening to music, but now just 31% of Americans usually listen to music through the radio – either over the airwaves or via satellite. Instead, the most common way to listen to music today is through a format that […] Read more »
YouTube still hosts extremist videos. Here’s who watches them.
YouTube is overshadowed by Facebook and Twitter in the debate over the harms of social media, but the site has massive reach — 3 in 4 Americans report using it. This growth has been driven by YouTube’s use of algorithms to recommend more videos to watch, a feature that critics […] Read more »
PBS could help rebuild trust in US media
In February, M&RR, a marketing research firm, released the results of a “nationwide survey” that found PBS to be “America’s most trusted institution.” … In order to understand the issue of trust, to see how PBS can capitalize on this level of trust to expand viewership, and to ponder the […] Read more »
Views of Big Tech Worsen; Public Wants More Regulation
Americans’ views of large technology companies have become significantly more negative over the past 18 months, and public support for increased government regulation of these businesses has risen. A 45% plurality of U.S. adults have a very or somewhat negative view of these firms, defined in the survey as “technology […] Read more »
Democracy Is Weakening Right in Front of Us
A decade ago, the consensus was that the digital revolution would give effective voice to millions of previously unheard citizens. Now, in the aftermath of the Trump presidency, the consensus has shifted to anxiety that online behemoths like Twitter, Google, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook have created a crisis of knowledge […] Read more »
The Capitol Was Just the Start
These were not just the Trump loyalists of lore, that economically marginalized, over-elegized white working class of the heartland. No, the crowd that stormed the Capitol was a big tent of whiteness, a cross-section of American society bridging divisions of class, geography and demography. They were doctors and lawyers, florists […] Read more »