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 »
Americans’ views on climate, energy policy, and electric vehicles
Forty-one percent of Americans say they would be at least somewhat likely to purchase an electric vehicle (EV) the next time they are in the market for a new car, according to a new survey from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) and The Associated Press-NORC […] Read more »
Trump’s latest personal attacks on judges could further weaken people’s declining trust in American rule of law
Former President Donald Trump arrives at the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse on April 4, 2023, before his arraignment. Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images Paul M. Collins Jr., UMass Amherst and Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha, University of North Texas When former President Donald Trump was arraigned in a Manhattan criminal court on April 4, […] Read more »
American health in polarizing times
This week we released our first Axios-Ipsos American Health Index, which builds off of our Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index and expands into some of the biggest worries Americans have around healthcare, behaviors surrounding health and wellness, and what policies the public supports. Between March 2020 and now, a lot has changed. […] Read more »
Gallup/Knight Study Offers New Insights On Why Americans’ Trust In News Continues To Decline
As part of Knight Foundation’s belief that a strong Fourth Estate is paramount to a thriving democracy, the organization has worked with Gallup to study Americans’ trust in the news media, consistently finding that their level of confidence is driven by perceptions of news organizations’ accuracy, bias and transparency. However, […] Read more »
Foolproof: A psychological vaccine against fake news
… A biological virus is a parasite that attaches itself to the surface of a host cell. It will then inject its own genetic material into the host, hijacking the host cell’s machinery with the goal of reproducing itself. In a very similar way, misinformation, conspiracy theories, and other dangerous […] Read more »