Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |As heated debate continues over how social media sites can improve the quality of news on their platforms while enforcing rules fairly, most Americans are pessimistic about these efforts and are highly concerned about several issues when it comes to social media and news.Majorities say that social media companies have too much control over the news on their sites, and that the role social media companies play in delivering the news on their sites...…Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |As heated debate continues over how social media sites can improve the quality of news on their platforms while enforcing rules fairly, most Americans are pessimistic about these efforts and are highly concerned about several issues when it comes to social media and news.Majorities say that social media companies have too much control over the news on their sites, and that the role social media companies play in delivering the news on their sites...WW…

Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |While Pew Research Center’s recent report on found that many Democrats and Republicans differ from each other in their sources of news, about one-fifth of those in each party are in a more isolated kind of media bubble – getting political news in a given week only from outlets predominantly used by people who align with them politically, according to data from the Center’s . Respondents were asked if they got political and election news in the past...…Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |While Pew Research Center’s recent report on found that many Democrats and Republicans differ from each other in their sources of news, about one-fifth of those in each party are in a more isolated kind of media bubble – getting political news in a given week only from outlets predominantly used by people who align with them politically, according to data from the Center’s . Respondents were asked if they got political and election news in the past...WW…

Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |Nearly three out of four U.S. adults (73%) say that, in general, it’s important for journalists to function as watchdogs over elected officials. But that broad consensus shatters when the public is asked how journalists are currently performing that watchdog role: 35% say they are going too far as watchdogs, 32% say they are not going far enough and 30% say they are getting it about right, according to a new analysis of data from Pew Research Center’s...…Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |Nearly three out of four U.S. adults (73%) say that, in general, it’s important for journalists to function as watchdogs over elected officials. But that broad consensus shatters when the public is asked how journalists are currently performing that watchdog role: 35% say they are going too far as watchdogs, 32% say they are not going far enough and 30% say they are getting it about right, according to a new analysis of data from Pew Research Center’s...WW…

Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |To analyze these survey questions by additional media habits and demographic characteristics, visit the and access the .Last week’s caucus-tallying muddle in Iowa shined a spotlight on the way U.S. presidents are elected and on the possibility that, in a divided nation, there could be controversies over vote tallies, results and the legitimacy of the outcome.Many political issues are highly polarized across partisan lines, but Americans’ confidence in...…Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your WorldTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsTopicsRegions & CountriesFormatsSee our research on: | | |To analyze these survey questions by additional media habits and demographic characteristics, visit the and access the .Last week’s caucus-tallying muddle in Iowa shined a spotlight on the way U.S. presidents are elected and on the possibility that, in a divided nation, there could be controversies over vote tallies, results and the legitimacy of the outcome.Many political issues are highly polarized across partisan lines, but Americans’ confidence in...WW…