report | Feb 17, 2009

Stimulus Success Shifts the Storyline

The country’s financial crisis last week became the biggest story in more than three months. The Treasury Secretary got unflattering media reviews, but the press narrative turned more positive for President Obama.

presentation | Feb 17, 2009

The New News Media-scape

This speech pulls together Pew Internet findings and analysis about how people get news and relate to news items in the digital age.

report | Feb 11, 2009

Stimulus News Seen As More Negative Than Positive

Summary of Findings As the contentious debate over President Obama’s $800 billion economic stimulus plan played out in Congress over the past week, more Americans were hearing bad things than good things about the legislation. Close to half (48%) of the public says that what they were reading and hearing about the plan in the […]

report | Feb 9, 2009

The News Narrative Turns Bearish on Obama

It wasn’t much of a honeymoon, at least so far. And nowhere did the discussion of the economic crisis and the new Administration seem to beat up the President more roundly than in the studios of cable talk shows and, of course, on the radio.

report | Feb 6, 2009

Bloggers Contemplate the Economy, Rush, and Zombies

Bloggers and the traditional media were both focused on the economy last week, but the online community was just as concerned with a Barack Obama-Rush Limbaugh feud and a practical joke involving a zombie sighting.

report | Feb 4, 2009

Policy Issues Overshadow Personal Stories in Obama’s First Weeks

Summary of Findings The public focused much more on President Obama’s major policy proposals and decisions than on lighter, more personal stories about the new president and his family in the early days of his administration. Nearly seven-in-ten Americans (69%) say they heard a lot about Obama’s push for quick action on his economic stimulus […]

report | Feb 3, 2009

The Economic Crisis Returns with a Vengeance

One week after Barack Obama’s swearing in, the battle over a stimulus plan restored the financial meltdown to a dominant role in the news agenda and triggered early questions about the President’s political skills. In the media narrative, the honeymoon chapter seemed over before it began.

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Social Media and News Fact Sheet

Digital news has become an important part of Americans’ news media diets, with social media playing a crucial role in news consumption.