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2. A closer look at the channels producing news on YouTube – and the videos themselves

Independent channels covered QAnon conspiracy theories much more frequently than news organizations did

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2. A closer look at the channels producing news on YouTube – and the videos themselves
How Pew Research Center studied YouTube news channels
News on YouTube comes from a mix of established news organizations and independent channels
About four-in-ten popular YouTube news channels ask their viewers for donations-05
Most independent channels solicit some form of donations on their channel-06
Nearly all YouTube news channels reach their audiences on multiple platforms-07
About a third of the most viewed YouTube news videos from December 2019 were about Trump’s impeachment-08
Independent channels covered QAnon conspiracy theories much more frequently than news organizations did
Independent YouTube channels about twice as likely as news organizations to produce videos with a negative tone
YouTube news videos cited media more often than other types of sources; independent channels less likely to cite officialsPJ_2020.09.28_youtube_2-12
More than four-in-ten popular YouTube news channels are oriented around a specific personality … with independent channels especially likely to use this model
An overwhelming majority of YouTube news channels do not describe themselves in ideological terms
About a quarter of all videos studied focused on President Trump … … and these videos were mostly about impeachment

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