Broad agreement in U.S. – even among partisans – on which news outlets are part of the ‘mainstream media’
We asked U.S. adults whether they consider each of 13 different news outlets to be a part of the mainstream media or not.
We asked U.S. adults whether they consider each of 13 different news outlets to be a part of the mainstream media or not.
About two-thirds of news coverage dealt with Biden’s policy agenda, while about three-quarters of early Trump coverage was framed around leadership skills.
We thought it would be valuable to combine our study of news coverage itself with data on people’s views about, and exposure to, that coverage.
While Fox’s audience spans ideologies on the right, its new challengers attract mainly conservatives.
The share of Americans who say they watch television via cable or satellite has plunged from 76% in 2015 to 56% this year.
Americans inhabited different information environments, with wide gaps in how they viewed the election and COVID-19.
About half of U.S. adults say they get news from social media “often” or “sometimes,” and this use is spread out across a number of different sites. Facebook stands out as a regular source of news for about a third of Americans.
More than eight-in-ten U.S. adults say they get news from a smartphone, computer or tablet “often” or “sometimes.”
In studying voters' views of election fraud, we found these views varied by whether people got their news from the Trump campaign.
As news outlets morph and multiply, both surveys and passive data collection tools face challenges.