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.
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About six-in-ten Americans (59%) say AI will lead to fewer jobs for journalists in the next two decades.
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Democrats and Democratic leaners are more likely than Republicans and Republican leaners to support government restrictions on false information online.
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Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to support ending federal funding for public media.
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In an open-ended question, we asked U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from news influencers to name the first one who comes to mind for them.
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Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults (72%) say the COVID-19 pandemic did more to drive the country apart than to bring it together.
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On issues as varied as education and crime, Americans often have a rosier view of how things are going in their communities than in the nation as a whole.
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Most news influencers published posts about both candidates in summer and fall, and identical shares were more critical than supportive of each.
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Many TikTok accounts mix in news with a variety of other topics, from celebrity gossip to jokes and memes.
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