Technology has changed how people consume news, as well as the process of gathering it. Information is now almost instantaneous and available anywhere in the world. And news has been democratized so that voices outside the mainstream can be heard.
This is healthy for democracy but is an earthquake for the business of journalism. Newspaper circulation is dropping, newsroom staffs are shrinking, and ad revenue is declining. Pew tracks these changes through its annual state of the news media reports, providing fact-based analysis of the growth of digital news sites, the purchase of major journalism institutions by entrepreneurs, the use of mobile devices to access news, the mixing of news and marketing through sponsor-generated content, and other trends in journalism.
Recent Work
About one-in-ten U.S. adults have heard of Gab, an alternative social media site, and 1% say that they get news there regularly.
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Here are key facts about the alternative social media service Rumble, an online video-sharing platform founded in 2013.
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While 27% of U.S. adults say they have heard of Telegram, only 2% use the alternative social media app for news.
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Most think social media has made it easier to manipulate and divide people, but they also say it informs and raises awareness.
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With Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential bid now officially underway, here are key facts about Truth Social and its users.
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One-in-five federal, state and local candidate tweets in 2022 have mentioned race, abortion, education or the economy.
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Half of 18- to 29-year-olds say they have at least some trust in the information they get from social media sites.
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The share of U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from TikTok has roughly tripled from 3% in 2020 to 10% in 2022.
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