A majority of Americans say they’ll get a COVID-19 vaccine when it becomes available to them or already have had at least one shot, as vaccination efforts are driving national optimism about containing the coronavirus. Overall, the percentage of people willing to get the vaccine, plus the number who report […] Read more »
Americans Welcome Federal Support
… Small government nation? Our national mythos imagines America as a country of spirited individuals who shudder at the thought of the nanny state. But our rugged individualism has met its match in the virus. As Hobbes understood, we look to the state for our stability and security in the […] Read more »
PBS could help rebuild trust in US media
In February, M&RR, a marketing research firm, released the results of a “nationwide survey” that found PBS to be “America’s most trusted institution.” … In order to understand the issue of trust, to see how PBS can capitalize on this level of trust to expand viewership, and to ponder the […] Read more »
Growing Share of Americans Say They Plan To Get a COVID-19 Vaccine – or Already Have
More than a year after the coronavirus first arrived in the United States, there are signs of growing public dissatisfaction with the country’s response. Performance ratings for how top health and state and local officials have responded to the outbreak continue to decline. And there’s less consensus than there was […] Read more »
Getting Our Bearings
… Trust in COVID informatics is up. Is this a telling trend or just a consequence of regime change? Not sure. Seems like the hand-off from the red team to blue team is the most likely cause. This is our partisan pandemic world—stability on the outside, turmoil on the inside. […] Read more »
How Americans Navigated the News in 2020: A Tumultuous Year in Review
Americans are divided – that much is obvious after a contentious presidential election and transition, and in the midst of a politicized pandemic that has prompted a wide range of reactions. But in addition to the familiar fault line of political partisanship, a look back at Pew Research Center’s American […] Read more »