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📊 New @pewresearch.org data on news + social media:
• 20% of U.S. adults regularly get news on TikTok (3% in 2020)
• Under-30s: 43%
• 55% of TikTok users get news on the app
🔗 pewrsr.ch/49Er7sE

Other sites: Facebook (38%), YouTube (35%), Instagram (20%), X (12%), Bluesky (2%)
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The Experiences of LGBTQ Americans Today How lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer adults view the impact of Obergefell and social acceptance for LGBTQ people more broadly 10 years after the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex...

Today we released a major @pewresearch.org survey of LGBTQ adults looking at:

▶️ Views of social acceptance for LGBTQ people
▶️ Personal experiences with acceptance, discrimination
▶️ Experiences with coming out
▶️ Identity
▶️ Community, friends and LGBTQ spaces

Read on for findings from each section.

How Americans Get News on TikTok, X, Facebook and Instagram 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.

We shared insights from a few @pewresearch.org studies at this year’s #AAPOR25 on how people get news.

Sharing if anyone wants to dive deeper!

• What’s news: pewrsr.ch/4m7tpXf
• Getting news on TikTok, X, Facebook & IG: www.pewresearch.org?p=169348
• The rise of news influencers: pewrsr.ch/4emDUB2

Public Opinion Polling Basics How do polls work? What are the different kinds of polls? And what should you look for in a high-quality opinion poll? A Pew Research Center survey methodologist answers these questions and more in si...

Being at #AAPOR this week reminded me what a great resource this is: @pewresearch.org free short course on the basics of public opinion polling.

Clear, accessible & super useful for anyone trying to make sense of polls.

Check it out: www.pewresearch.org/course/publi...

‼️ I am so proud of this work. A thorough analysis of what is news.
👏 Kudos to @kirstenaeddy.bsky.social for leading the project for over a year!

🌟 Excited for #AAPOR next week!

📅 Thurs May 15 ⏰8:30–10:00 AM📍Regency B
Presenting: Media Trust & Info Quality in the Digital Age
📅 Fri May 16 ⏰8:30–10:00 AM📍Midway Suite 3/4
Moderating: Designing & Assessing Surveys about Pol Opinion

Lots of @pewresearch.org folks will be there. Let’s connect!

Americans largely foresee AI having negative effects on news, journalists About six-in-ten Americans (59%) say AI will lead to fewer jobs for journalists in the next two decades.

Republicans tend to have much less trust in national news organizations than Democrats do. But the groups are largely aligned in their views of the impact of AI on news and journalism. www.pewresearch.org/...

Americans more likely to support than oppose continuing federal funding for NPR and PBS Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to support ending federal funding for public media.

🚨 As the NPR/PBS funding debate continues, here’s @pewresearch.org data:

🔹 43% of Americans support the funding to continue
🔹 24% oppose it
🔹 33% unsure
🔹 20% get news from NPR; 21% from PBS

📝 In all questions, there are clear partisan splits.

More data here: pewrsr.ch/41Mldne

The call for papers for the APSA Political Communication Preconference in Vancouver is now open!

Together with @ashleymuddiman.bsky.social and @patyrossini.bsky.social, we're thrilled to invite your submissions.

📅: May 25th, 2025, 11.59pm PDT (GMT-7)

More information: u.osu.edu/apsa2025/

🚨Our institutional account @pewresearch.org is here!

Research Assistant, News & Information Position Summary Pew Research Center has an immediate need for a Research Assistant to support its News & Information research agenda. The Research Assistant will be part of the News & Informa...

🌟Join my team @pewresearch.org & get a hands-on w/ data analysis & research tasks!🌟

💼🏠Heads up: staff expected in our D.C. office on Tues & Wed, & remote the rest of the week.

Apply, share with your network or tag someone who'd be a perfect fit!
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...

📢 Join us for a free virtual event on news influencers!
🗓️ Feb 6, 12 PM EST
🎤 Moderated by @makenakelly.bsky.social ft Mosheh Oinounou & Raven Schwam-Curtis
📊 @gstocking.bsky.social will present findings from the Pew-Knight Initiative research
👉 Register here: tinyurl.com/563net2h

A closer look at Americans’ experiences with news on TikTok Many TikTok accounts mix in news with a variety of other topics, from celebrity gossip to jokes and memes.

And here is a full link to our post from this morning: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

🚫SCOTUS green-lights #TikTokBan. Read our research showing TikTok turned into a news hub for 52% of its users-without relying solely on traditional journos & often mixing news with celebrity gossip, humor & memes. The news landscape has been shifting.
💡More findings here➡️https://pewrsr.ch/3PG3Hdx

In Philly for #APSA! My personal favorite the PolComm pre conference, organized by the amazing @dannagal.bsky.social! Come say hi, especially if you have ideas/opinions about research we should be doing 📊‼️

Are you at #AAPOR? Excited to moderate a session at #AAPOR24 today at 4:15 PM in room 216! Join us for innovative approaches to News and Information - come say hi!

Most Americans say a free press is highly important to society Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, 73% of U.S. adults say the freedom of the press is extremely or very important to the well-being of society.

On World Press Freedom day, majority of Americans see the press as highly important to society’s well-being. But many express concerns about potential restrictions in the US – say that political & financial interests have a lot of influence on news orgs. www.pewresearch.org?p=141366

How U.S. Adults Use TikTok Around half of adult TikTok users in the U.S. have never posted a video themselves. And a minority of users produce the vast majority of content.

🚨As TikTok continues to redefine social media with its captivating short-form videos, our data show that few are those who actually post videos:
📊 About half of all U.S. adults on the site have never posted a video themselves.

www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...

💬 Got research ideas or spot any gaps? Let's chat!

Introducing the Pew-Knight Initiative The Pew-Knight Initiative will deliver a comprehensive, real-time look at the information landscape from the standpoints of both consumers and producers of news.

🚀Exciting news! Introducing the Pew-Knight Initiative, a collaboration btwn Pew Research Center & @knightfdn.bsky.social committing 20M in research.
🚨Explore the ins and outs: pewrsr.ch/3OR160j
📰 Press release: knightfoundation.org/press/releases…
📌 Bookmark this page: pewresearch.org/pew-knight/

More Americans are getting news on TikTok, bucking the trend seen on most other social media sites In just three years, the share of U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from TikTok has more than quadrupled, from 3% in 2020 to 14% in 2023.

📢 New data: More Americans are turning to TikTok for their news fix

The share of U.S. adults who say they regularly get news from TikTok has more than quadrupled, from 3% in 2020 to 14% in 2023.
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Americans are following the news less closely than they used to In 2016, 51% of U.S. adults said they followed the news all or most of the time, but that share fell to 38% in 2022.

New data analysis in and it's clear that Americans are keeping a bit more distance from the news lately.📰 In 2016, 51% of U.S. adults said they followed the news all or most of the time. That share fell to 38% in 2022. pewrsr.ch/3QvVY2I

As Showtime sports is shutting down, we released data today showing that just 16% of Americans follow prof or college sports extremely or very closely - most of them say that they’re just not interested
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS) NPORS is an annual survey of U.S. adults conducted by the Pew Research Center used to to produce benchmark estimates for several topics.

For all the SURVEY RESEARCH types blueskyin' it: Pew Research Center just released our annual benchmarks for party ID and religious affiliation. Ton o' effort to get these, so we want to be sure they get used! National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS) pewrsr.ch/3ukleLR

DW News on Instagram: "Today is German Unification Day, which commemorates the day Germany became a ... 9,366 likes, 89 comments - dwnews on October 3, 2023: "Today is German Unification Day, which commemorates the day Germany became a unified country once..."

Wow it’s been 33 years since Germany’s reunification… www.instagram.com/p/Cx7onGKgVF...

Black Americans’ Experiences With News Black Americans see a range of problems with how Black people are covered in the news. Almost two-thirds of Black adults (63%) say news about Black people is often more negative than news about other ...

📢 A new report on Black Americans' experiences with news is here! 📰✨
A look into Black Americans' media consumption, trust, views & attitudes toward the news media, and demo similarities & diffs within the Black population.
pewrsr.ch/458Z0yf

Overall, 1 in 3 Americans have a tattoo (32%)
Tattoos are more common among lesbian and bisexual women, 2 in 3 have at least one tattoo (68%)
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Spending some time in Boston today! Beautiful weather, warm & sunny.☀️
Everything looks perfect before the storm hits.

Jumping on the #bluesky bandwagon to share data about social science, news habits & attitudes, media, journalism & tech. 📊🖥️