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Half of Americans see antisemitism as a serious problem online; fewer do in their local communities
Recent statements by two well-known Americans brought headlines about the issue of antisemitism in the United States. Last week, rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, was locked out of his Twitter account after posting that he would go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.” Then, yesterday, former President Donald […] Read more »
How much influence does Twitter really wield?
… Overall, only about a quarter of American adults say they ever use Twitter, according to the Pew Research Center. That number is a small fraction of some of the more dominant social media platforms. More than 80% of Americans say they use YouTube and about 70% say they use […] Read more »
The trust gap: how and why news on digital platforms is viewed more sceptically versus news in general
What role, if any, do social media, search engines, and messaging apps play in eroding the public’s confidence in the news media? … Drawing on an original dataset of survey responses collected in the summer of 2022 across four countries – Brazil, India, the UK, and the US – we […] Read more »
US politicians tweet far more misinformation than those in the UK and Germany
Good ideas/Shutterstock Stephan Lewandowsky, University of Bristol and Jana Lasser, Graz University of Technology Politicians from mainstream parties in the UK and Germany post far fewer links to untrustworthy websites on Twitter and this has remained constant since 2016, according to our new research. By contrast, US politicians posted a […] Read more »
Americans’ Civics Knowledge Drops on First Amendment and Branches of Government
After two years of considerable improvement, Americans’ knowledge of some basic facts about their government has fallen to earlier levels, with less than half of those surveyed able to name the three branches of government for the 2022 Annenberg Constitution Day Civics Survey. The Annenberg Public Policy Center’s annual, nationally […] Read more »