It’s hard to overemphasize the impact social media has had on the national political landscape over the past two decades. The sources we choose to follow and the algorithms that form around us not only impact the color and tone of the news we get, but in many ways they […] Read more »
Lessons in polling from Elon Musk
Taking any Twitter poll seriously is a bad idea. Making business decisions via Twitter poll is an even worse idea. Elon Musk seems determined to do both, polling Twitter users on policy changes and even his status at the company (although as of this writing, he has not clearly acknowledged […] Read more »
Fox News Poll: Bipartisan support for investigating Hunter Biden
Voters across the political spectrum believe it is important for the Justice Department to investigate Hunter Biden’s business dealings with foreign governments. Recent revelations about social media companies tamping down the story in the run-up to the 2020 election have not changed voters’ opinions — just as many feel it […] Read more »
Paging Elon Musk: Poll shows Americans back Twitter safeguards amid worry over hate speech
Americans by overwhelming numbers express concern about the rise of antisemitism and white nationalism in the United States, a USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds, and most say social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook have an obligation to curtail hate speech on their sites. Those findings of public opinion conflict […] Read more »
The GOP Can’t Hide From Extremism
The role of extremist white nationalists in the GOP may be approaching an inflection point. The backlash against former President Donald Trump’s meeting with Nick Fuentes, an avowed racist, anti-Semite, and Christian nationalist, has compelled more Republican officeholders than at any point since the Charlottesville riot in 2017 to publicly […] Read more »
Knowing the news: How Gen Z and Millennials get information on essential topics
If news organizations want to win over new audiences at a time of substantive transition in journalism, growing misinformation, and multiple crises in the world, we need to understand the news habits and interests of Americans 40 and younger. These Millennials and members of Generation Z will soon become the […] Read more »