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
We took a closer look at how Americans’ views and experiences have evolved on a variety of topics over the last 20 years.
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Roughly three-quarters of adults (77%) say they often or sometimes get local news and information about crime.
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Most U.S. adults say they are interested in several types of local crime coverage, but far fewer say this information is easy to find.
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TikTok users under 30 see its impact on democracy more positively than older users, with 45% of this group saying it’s mostly good for American democracy.
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Most U.S. adults follow news about local government and politics, yet only a quarter are highly satisfied with the quality of coverage.
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X is still more of a news destination than these other platforms, but the vast majority of users on all four see news-related content.
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More than half of Americans (58%) say they are following news about candidates for the 2024 presidential election very or fairly closely.
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Similar shares of U.S. adults believe news organizations are giving too much attention (32%) or too little attention (29%) to Biden’s age.
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