Nearly two-thirds of Americans find President Donald Trump’s use of Twitter is reckless and distracting, according to a new nationwide McClatchy-Marist poll. The poll found 65 percent of registered voters nationwide disapproved of Trump’s tweeting, while 25 percent found it effective and informative. And despite Trump’s frequent blasts at the […] Read more »
How YouTube Serves As The Content Engine Of The Internet’s Dark Side
… In the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, the major social platforms, most notably Twitter, Facebook, and Reddit, have been forced to undergo painful, often public reckonings with the role they play in spreading bad information. … And yet there is a mammoth social platform, a cornerstone of the […] Read more »
With ‘Fake News,’ Trump Moves From Alternative Facts To Alternative Language
Friday night, President Trump took to Twitter to deliver one of his favorite insults to journalists …. The FAKE NEWS media (failing @nytimes, @NBCNews, @ABC, @CBS, @CNN) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 17, 2017 Anyone who has […] Read more »
When Trump’s tweets are angry, the mood of his followers darkens
Michael Berkman, Pennsylvania State University President Donald Trump has shown a unique ability to use Twitter as a way to connect directly with his followers. His tweets show his supporters what he is thinking, directly and unvarnished. Less well appreciated, but apparent in our research based on new polling, is […] Read more »
How Americans Encounter, Recall and Act Upon Digital News
Anyone who wants to understand today’s news environment faces a challenge: How to discern the nuances of digital news habits when Americans’ attention spans are fractured, human memory is naturally limited and news comes at them every which way. To tackle this complex question, Pew Research Center, in association with […] Read more »
Americans and Cybersecurity
Cyberattacks and data breaches are facts of life for government agencies, businesses and individuals alike in today’s digitized and networked world. … Previous Pew Research Center studies of the digital privacy environment have found that many Americans fear they have lost control of their personal information and many worry whether […] Read more »