Americans fault news media for dividing nation: AP-NORC poll
1 year, 8 months ago

Americans fault news media for dividing nation: AP-NORC poll

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — When it comes to the news media and the impact it’s having on democracy and political polarization in the United States, Americans are likelier to say it’s doing more harm than good. Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults say the news media is increasing political polarization in this country, and just under half say they have little to no trust in the media’s ability to report the news fairly and accurately, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. Partisancable news outlets and social media platforms have driven the problem by conditioning many Americans to see one another as enemies, said Joe Salegna, a Republican who lives on Long Island, New York. “We should be concerned for the health of democracy,” said Joshua Tucker, a political scientist at New York University who studies partisanship and co-directs NYU’s Center for Social Media.

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How influencers are impacting journalism
6 days, 1 hour ago

How influencers are impacting journalism

NPR  

How influencers are impacting journalism toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images A Pew Research poll taken during the 2024 presidential campaigns showed that 20% of Americans now get their news from social media influencers on various apps. Sponsor Message There's a lot of folks who will look at social media newsfluencers and try to make it less than journalism. I think …

We face a future of fake news unless we protect honest, accurate reporting and trust in news media
1 month, 1 week ago

We face a future of fake news unless we protect honest, accurate reporting and trust in news media

The Independent  

The British press carries a healthy variety of viewpoints. Current trends suggest that a few large media brands and small niche outlets have a viable financial future: news aficionados will be well catered for, particularly those prepared to pay. ‘A growing proportion of the population risks becoming increasingly poorly served as the economics of mass-market journalism worsen’ But a growing …

Majority of social media influencers don’t verify information before sharing it, study finds
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Majority of social media influencers don’t verify information before sharing it, study finds

CNN  

New York CNN — A majority of social media influencers don’t verify information before sharing it with their audiences, a study published Tuesday by the UN’s scientific and cultural arm found, underscoring concerns that some of the biggest online figures can uncritically spread misleading claims. While only 12% of the surveyed influencers said they produced content about “current affairs/politics and …

Influencers are now a source of news for many Americans
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Influencers are now a source of news for many Americans

NPR  

Influencers are now a source of news for many Americans Social media influencers have become a source of news for a significant number of Americans, especially when it comes to politics. And as NPR's Huo Jingnan reports, they are now a source of news for a significant number of Americans, especially when it comes to politics. HUO: The Pew Research …

About 20% of Americans regularly get their news from influencers on social media, report says
1 month, 3 weeks ago

About 20% of Americans regularly get their news from influencers on social media, report says

Associated Press  

About one in five Americans – and a virtually identical share of Republicans and Democrats – regularly get their news from digital influencers who are more likely to be found on the social media platform X, according to a report released Monday by the Pew Research Center. “These influencers have really reached new levels of attention and prominence this year …

Nearly 40% of young Americans get their news from influencers. Many of them lean to the right, study finds
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Nearly 40% of young Americans get their news from influencers. Many of them lean to the right, study finds

CNN  

New York CNN — Young American adults are increasingly getting their news from social media influencers, a majority of whom are men and lean to the right, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. While one-fifth of US adults reported “regularly” receiving their news from online “news influencers” who post about current events, that number climbed to …

Nearly 40% of young Americans get their news from influencers. Many of them lean to the right, study finds
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Nearly 40% of young Americans get their news from influencers. Many of them lean to the right, study finds

CNN  

New York CNN — Young American adults are increasingly getting their news from social media influencers, a majority of whom are men and lean to the right, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. While one-fifth of US adults reported “regularly” receiving their news from online “news influencers” who post about current events, that number climbed to …

The election proved the media is in crisis. Here’s what it needs to do to regain its relevance
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The election proved the media is in crisis. Here’s what it needs to do to regain its relevance

CNN  

New York CNN — Donald Trump’s reelection last week emboldened his allies to proclaim that he had vanquished the American news media as well as Vice President Kamala Harris. Maybe, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan commented last week, the media collectively spent “too much time obsessing about polling and not enough time talking to people!” O’Sullivan and other correspondents interviewed voters all …

The election proved the media is in crisis. Here’s what it needs to do to regain its relevance
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The election proved the media is in crisis. Here’s what it needs to do to regain its relevance

CNN  

New York CNN — Donald Trump’s reelection last week emboldened his allies to proclaim that he had vanquished the American news media as well as Vice President Kamala Harris. Maybe, CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan commented last week, the media collectively spent “too much time obsessing about polling and not enough time talking to people!” O’Sullivan and other correspondents interviewed voters all …

Misinformation fears mount over second Trump term
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Misinformation fears mount over second Trump term

Raw Story  

Donald Trump's election victory paves the way for a fresh wave of misinformation, not only around politics but also on vaccines and climate, with his expected cabinet picks ready to challenge the scientific community. "The problem of misinformation and disinformation is the worst it's ever been," said Bill Adair, a Duke University professor who founded the fact-checking site PolitiFact and …

An Overlooked — and Increasingly Important — Clue to How People Vote
2 months ago

An Overlooked — and Increasingly Important — Clue to How People Vote

Politico  

The exit polls this week did show that some of the biggest shifts in voting patterns came among young people and Latinos, two groups whose media consumption differs from the national average. Trump won 45 percent of Latinos in 2024 compared with 32 percent in 2020 — and Hispanic people are more likely to use social media than white people, …

Too much? Many Americans feel the need to limit their political news, AP-NORC/USAFacts poll finds
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Too much? Many Americans feel the need to limit their political news, AP-NORC/USAFacts poll finds

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. While about half of Americans …

Conspiracy theories spread wildly after the first assassination attempt on a US president in the social media age
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Conspiracy theories spread wildly after the first assassination attempt on a US president in the social media age

CNN  

CNN — Saturday’s shooting at a Donald Trump rally was the first assassination attempt of a US presidential candidate in the age of social media – and the former president had barely been hit before the internet was abuzz with all sorts of unsubstantiated explanations for what had, or had not, occurred. Conspiracy theories spread wildly Almost immediately after Trump …

News organizations have trust issues as they gear up to cover another election, a poll finds
8 months, 1 week ago

News organizations have trust issues as they gear up to cover another election, a poll finds

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. NEW YORK — Even as many Americans say they learn about the 2024 election campaign from national news outlets, a disquieting poll reveals some serious trust issues. Half of Americans say they get election news always or frequently from national news outlets, a percentage that is higher among older respondents, …

How bad is social-media misinformation going to get?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

How bad is social-media misinformation going to get?

Live Mint  

Get Offline Mass propaganda has infected the world for generations. —Evan Carlisle, Ohio University, mathematics Government Should Provide a Framework Misinformation poses an escalating problem that government officials and tech companies must face. —HeavenLee Vasquez, Baylor University, finance and management Do Your Research We take much of what we see on social media at face value, especially if it’s something …

Opinion: Lies, damn lies and social media — there's a reason this country is so deeply polarized.
1 year, 4 months ago

Opinion: Lies, damn lies and social media — there's a reason this country is so deeply polarized.

LA Times  

A Trump supporter, left, and an anti-Trump protester exemplify American divisions outside the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, where former President Trump would be arraigned on New York charges in April. We also encounter MIT management professor Sinan Aral, who wrote “The Hype Machine,” a 2020 book about the “perils and promise” of social media. “Social media is rewriting the central nervous …

The deadly reason Republicans are suckers for fake news
1 year, 4 months ago

The deadly reason Republicans are suckers for fake news

Raw Story  

Multiple recent studies show that Republicans are as much as 8.5 times more likely to both believe and share fake or false “news” with others than are Democrats. The phenomenon is obvious, actually: while as many as half of Republicans believe the 2020 election was “stolen” from Trump, there’s no similarly disprovable “big lie” embraced by Democrats. This tracks back …

Most in US fear Ukraine war misinformation: AP-NORC poll
2 years, 8 months ago

Most in US fear Ukraine war misinformation: AP-NORC poll

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A majority of U.S. adults say misinformation around Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a major problem, and they largely fault the Russian government for spreading those falsehoods. About three-quarters of the American public fault the Russian government for advancing misinformation around the war, while many also blame social media users, tech companies and the news media. The poll …

Americans agree misinformation is a problem, poll shows
3 years, 3 months ago

Americans agree misinformation is a problem, poll shows

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Nearly all Americans agree that the rampant spread of misinformation is a problem. “It makes clear that assaulting Facebook is popular by a large margin — even when Congress is split 50-50, and each side has its own reasons.” During a congressional hearing Tuesday, senators vowed to hit Facebook with new regulations after a whistleblower testified that the …

Active on Social Media? You are More Likely to Believe Misinformation, Fake News: Study
3 years, 10 months ago

Active on Social Media? You are More Likely to Believe Misinformation, Fake News: Study

News 18  

Americans who rely on social media as their main source of news are more likely to believe false or unproven stories about important topics such as politics and Covid-19, a survey showed Monday. The Pew Research Center report found that people who used social platforms for news were less informed about major public affairs topics and more susceptible to believing …

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: We may be a divided nation, but we’re united in not trusting the news media
4 years, 2 months ago

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: We may be a divided nation, but we’re united in not trusting the news media

LA Times  

Tuesday’s election made clear, once again, how politically divided we are as a nation. Not only did its blatant cheerleading for President Trump severely undermine the network’s credibility as “fair and balanced,” studies have found that its viewers reject established science on issues such as climate change and are generally less informed than even people who watch no news at …

Social media rampant source of misinformation on COVID-19: Study
4 years, 8 months ago

Social media rampant source of misinformation on COVID-19: Study

India TV News  

Joining the growing body of evidence for social media being the primary source of fake news around coronavirus, a new study has found that people who relied on social media or conservative news outlets in early days of the COVID-19 outbreak were more likely to be misinformed about how to prevent the virus and believe conspiracy theories about it. The …

Election-year spread of misinformation challenges local news
4 years, 9 months ago

Election-year spread of misinformation challenges local news

Associated Press  

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — When a Republican running for Congress in the Chicago suburbs tweeted that her Democratic opponent’s town hall events were invite-only, they debunked it. But it’s increasingly a problem on Main Street, too, as local candidates and politicians adopt misinformation tactics and local news organizations shrink or shut down, leaving residents with fewer credible sources of information. “It’s …

AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: Americans struggle to ID true facts
5 years, 1 month ago

AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: Americans struggle to ID true facts

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In a sharply divided country, here’s something many Americans agree on: It’s hard to know what’s a true and honest fact. “Facts a driver of decision making, of common discussion and common dialog.” But as a president with a history of making false statements and repeating debunked conspiracy theories faces public hearings this week in only the fourth …

Mood of First-Time Voter: High school and college grads trust newspapers, websites more than TV
5 years, 10 months ago

Mood of First-Time Voter: High school and college grads trust newspapers, websites more than TV

Firstpost  

The fourth part of the section titled ‘News and Media’ examines the differing views of respondents across different educational qualifications The Lok Sabha election in a few months is set to see a massive 130 million first-time voters go to the polls. To get a better idea of how young first-time voters — people aged 18 to 21 — perceive …

Mood of First-Time Voter: 24% of Tier 3 citizens claim no fake news in past month; 12% of them trust social media most
5 years, 10 months ago

Mood of First-Time Voter: 24% of Tier 3 citizens claim no fake news in past month; 12% of them trust social media most

Firstpost  

The third part of the section titled ‘News and Media’ examines the differing views of respondents from Tier 1, 2 and 3 cities The Lok Sabha election in a few months is set to see a massive 130 million first-time voters go to the polls. The findings are being serialised in four sections: Politics and Ideology 2) News and Media …

Mood of First-Time Voter: 77% say newspapers most trustworthy medium; 15% males believe social media forwards
5 years, 10 months ago

Mood of First-Time Voter: 77% say newspapers most trustworthy medium; 15% males believe social media forwards

Firstpost  

The first part of the section of the Mood of the First-Time Voter survey titled ‘News and Media’ examines the differing views of male and female respondents The Lok Sabha election in a few months is set to see a massive 130 million first-time voters go to the polls. The findings are being serialised in four sections: Politics and Ideology …

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