Wednesday afternoon, Meta turned the social media landscape upside down. In less than two hours, the company reported that its new app, Threads, reached 2 million users. Now, after just a few short days, that number has climbed even higher, with notable celebrities and influencers migrating to the platform. That […] Read more »
Visual misinformation is widespread on Facebook – and often undercounted by researchers
If your instincts say a lot of images on Facebook are misleading, you’re right. AP Photo/Jenny Kane Yunkang Yang, Texas A&M University; Matthew Hindman, George Washington University, and Trevor Davis, Columbia University How much misinformation is on Facebook? Several studies have found that the amount of misinformation on Facebook is […] Read more »
Trust in Media 2023: What news outlets do Americans trust most for information?
The divide between Democrats and Republicans on which news sources are trustworthy remains stark. Last year, The Economist / YouGov published the results of a poll asking Americans where they get their news from and how much they trusted 22 prominent media organizations. YouGov revisited the topic this year by […] Read more »
After Musk’s takeover, big shifts in how Republican and Democratic Twitter users view the platform
Two years ago, a majority of Republican Twitter users in the United States said the site had a bad impact on American democracy. But today, following Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, their views have become much more positive, while those of their Democratic counterparts have grown more negative. … In […] Read more »
Podcasts as a Source of News and Information
Following a steady increase in podcast listening over the past decade, podcasts have become a big part of the normal routine – and news diet – of many Americans, especially younger adults. … Roughly half of U.S. adults say they have listened to a podcast in the past year, according […] Read more »
Americans Are Critical of China’s Global Role – as Well as Its Relationship With Russia
A large majority of U.S. adults (83%) continue to have negative views of China, and the share who have very unfavorable views (44%) has increased by 4 percentage points since last year. Around four-in-ten Americans also now describe China as an enemy of the United States, rather than as a […] Read more »