Media Polarization

A majority of Americans believe the news media do not understand people like them, and this feeling is especially common among Republicans.

The ways that social media shape political attitudes and the intricacies of lawmaking in Congress were two of many topics at the APSA annual conference.

Explore where users of news outlets in eight Western European countries place these outlets on a left-right spectrum, based on their perception of their ideological leanings.

Across eight Western European countries, people with populist leanings have more negative attitudes about the news media than do those with non-populist views.

The most ideological members of Congress shared news stories on their Facebook pages more than twice as often as moderate legislators between Jan. 2, 2015, and July 20, 2017, according to a new Pew Research Center study that examined all official Facebook posts created by members of Congress in this period. The analysis included links […]

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During the early days of the administration, similar storylines were covered across outlets, but the types of sources cited and assessments of Trump’s actions differed.

Roughly nine-in-ten Democrats say news media criticism keeps leaders in line (sometimes called the news media’s “watchdog role”), while only about four-in-ten Republicans say the same.

Large majorities of both Democrats and Republicans say the relationship between the two is unhealthy.

Trump voters named one source more than any other as their main source of election news, whereas Clinton voters were spread across an array of sources.