Journalism and Social Media Follow @pollreport Quinnipiac University Poll. June 11-15, 2020. N=1,332 registered voters nationwide. Margin of error ± 2.7. "Do you think that journalists are being protected enough in the United States, or don't you think so?" Are being

protected

enough Don't

think so Unsure/

No answer % % % 6/11-15/20 42 48 10 Quinnipiac University Poll. April 26-29, 2019. N=1,044 registered voters nationwide. Margin of error ± 3.5. "Which comes closer to your point of view: the news media is the enemy of the people, or the news media is an important part of democracy?" Enemy of

the people Important

part of

democracy Neither

(vol.) Unsure/

No answer % % % % 4/26-29/19 23 66 6 5 Republicans 49 36 7 9 Democrats 4 92 2 2 Independents 19 70 6 5 11/14-19/18 21 69 3 6 9/6-9/18 21 69 5 6 8/9-13/18 26 65 4 6 7/18-23/18 21 71 3 4 6/14-17/18 23 65 6 6 4/20-24/18 22 66 4 8 Marist Poll. April 4-12, 2019. N=1,084 adults nationwide. Margin of error ± 3.6. "Do you find communication through social media such as Facebook and Twitter to be effective and informative, or reckless and distracting?" Effective,

informative Reckless,

distracting Unsure % % % 4/4-12/19 30 59 11 "Which comes closer to your opinion? Social media such as Facebook and Twitter have a responsibility to stop the sharing of information that is identified as false. Social media such as Facebook and Twitter is a free marketplace of ideas and it's up to its users to determine what is true or false." Should stop

sharing false

information It's up

to users Unsure % % % 4/4-12/19 45 48 7 "From what you've seen or heard, do you feel that there is more, less, or about the same protection of a free press in this country as there used to be?" More Less About

the same Unsure % % % % 4/4-12/19 18 46 33 3 "Which statement comes closer to your view? Although there is some bias in the news media, the average person has enough sources of news to be able to sort out the facts. There's so much bias in the news media that it's often difficult to sort out the facts." Enough

sources to

sort out facts Difficult to

sort out facts Unsure % % % 4/4-12/19 35 62 3 Quinnipiac University Poll. Aug. 9-13, 2018. N=1,175 registered voters nationwide. Margin of error ± 3.4. "Are you concerned that President Trump's criticism of the news media will lead to violence against people who work in the news media, or aren't you concerned about that?" Are

concerned Aren't

concerned Unsure/

No answer % % % 8/9-13/18 44 52 4 NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll. June 21-25, 2017. N=995 registered voters nationwide. Margin of error ± 3.1. "For each of the following rights do you think we have gone too far in expanding the right, gone too far in restricting the right, or things are okay the way they are? Freedom of the press." Too far in

expanding Too far in

restricting Things

are okay Unsure % % % % ALL 24 24 48 4 Democrats 11 32 54 3 Republicans 42 9 46 4 Independents 21 28 46 5 Quinnipiac University. May 31-June 6, 2017. N=1,361 registered voters nationwide. Margin of error ± 3.2. "Do you believe that it is ever appropriate for a politician to react to a member of the news media with violence, or not?" Sometimes

appropriate Never

appropriate Unsure/

No answer % % % ALL 7 91 2 Republicans 14 80 6 Democrats 2 98 - Independents 6 93 2 Quinnipiac University. May 17-23, 2017. N=1,404 registered voters nationwide. Margin of error ± 3. "How important is it to you that the news media holds public officials accountable: very important, somewhat important, not so important, or not important at all?" Very

important Somewhat

important Not so

important Not important

at all Unsure/

No answer % % % % % ALL 66 20 4 8 3 Republicans 39 30 8 16 7 Democrats 88 10 1 - - Independents 65 21 4 8 1 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair Poll. Feb. 10-14, 2017. N=1,014 adults nationwide. Margin of error ± 4. "Which comes closer to your view about freedom of the press in a democracy? Freedom of the press is a necessary check on political power. OR, Freedom of the press does more harm than good." Necessary

check on

power Does more

harm than

good Unsure/

No answer % % % ALL 74 21 5 Republicans 61 36 3 Democrats 86 13 2 Independents 74 18 8 Quinnipiac University. Feb. 2-6, 2017. N=1,155 registered voters nationwide. Margin of error ± 2.9. "How concerned are you that President Trump will try to limit the freedom of the press: very concerned, somewhat concerned, not so concerned, or not concerned at all?" Very

concerned Somewhat

concerned Not so

concerned Not concerned

at all Unsure/

No answer % % % % % ALL 41 16 14 28 1 Republicans 4 15 24 56 1 Democrats 78 13 6 4 - Independents 41 17 14 27 - Quinnipiac University. Jan. 20-25, 2017. N=1,190 registered voters nationwide. Margin of error ± 2.8. "Do you think that most members of the news media are honest or not?" Honest Not honest Unsure/

No answer % % % ALL 39 57 4 Republicans 13 86 1 Democrats 65 29 6 Independents 36 60 4 CBS News Poll. Dec. 9-13, 2016. N=1,259 adults nationwide. Margin of error ± 3. "In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the news media -- such as newspapers, TV, and radio -- when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately, and fairly: a great deal, a fair amount, not very much, or none at all?" A great

deal A fair

amount Not very

much None

at all Unsure/

No answer % % % % % 12/9-13/16 11 38 32 18 1 1/20-25/06 15 48 28 8 1 Bloomberg Politics Poll conducted by Selzer & Company. Dec. 2-5, 2016. N=999 adults nationwide. Margin of error ± 3.1. "For each of the following major U.S. institutions, please tell me if your impression is very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable. If you don't know enough to give your feelings, just say so. The national news media." Favorable Unfavorable Unsure % % % 12/2-5/16 35 57 7 "The U.S. media have historically had a role in checking the powers of the three branches of government by covering what is happening so the public can be well-informed. Do you think the U.S. news organizations still effectively play that role, or have they fallen off track and are no longer valuable?" Still effectively

play that role No longer

valuable Unsure % % % 12/2-5/16 26 64 9 Gallup Poll. Sept. 5-8, 2013. N=1,510 adults nationwide. Margin of error ± 3. "In general, how much trust and confidence do you have in the mass media -- such as newspapers, TV and radio -- when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately and fairly: a great deal, a fair amount, not very much, or none at all?" Great

deal Fair

amount Not very

much None

at all Unsure % % % % % 9/5-8/13 11 33 33 22 1 9/6-9/12 8 32 39 21 1 9/8-11/11 11 33 36 19 1 9/13-16/10 12 31 36 21 - "In general, do you think the news media are too liberal, just about right, or too conservative?" Options rotated Too

liberal Just

about right Too

conservative Unsure % % % % 9/5-8/13 46 37 13 5 9/8-11/11 47 36 13 4 9/13-16/10 48 33 15 4 Pew Research Center. July 17-21, 2013. N=1,480 adults nationwide. Margin of error ± 3. "How do you get most of your news about national and international issues -- from television, from newspapers, from radio, from magazines, or from the Internet?" Up to two responses accepted. 7/17-21/13 7/20-24/11 12/1-5/10 % % % Television 69 66 66 Internet 50 43 41 Newspapers 28 31 31 Radio 23 19 16 Magazines 4 3 3 Other (vol.) 2 4 1 Unsure/Refused 1 - 1 "How do you get most of your news about national and international issues -- from television, from newspapers, from radio, from magazines, or from the Internet?"

Asked of respondents who mentioned television: "On television, do you get most of your news about national and international issues from [see below]?" Multiple responses accepted. Results based on total sample. 7/17-21/13 7/20-24/11 12/1-5/10 % % % Local 19 16 16 CNN 19 15 16 Fox News Channel 19 19 16 ABC 11 8 10 NBC 11 10 9 CBS 9 7 7 MSNBC 6 6 7 Other (vol.) 5 4 3 Unsure/Refused 1 2 2 TV not a main source 31 34 34 "Some people think that by criticizing leaders, news organizations keep political leaders from doing their job. Others think that such criticism is worth it because it keeps political leaders from doing things that should not be done. Which position is closer to your opinion?" Keep leaders

from doing

their job Worth it Unsure/

Refused % % % 7/17-21/13 21 68 10 "In general, do you think news organizations get the facts straight, or do you think that their stories and reports are often inaccurate?" Get the

facts straight Often

inaccurate Unsure/

Refused % % % 7/17-21/13 26 67 6 "In presenting the news dealing with political and social issues, do you think that news organizations deal fairly with all sides, or do they tend to favor one side?" Deal

fairly with

all sides Tend

to favor

one side Unsure/

Refused % % % 7/17-21/13 19 76 5 "In general, do you think news organizations are pretty independent, or are they often influenced by powerful people and organizations?" Pretty

independent Often

influenced Unsure/

Refused % % % 7/17-21/13 20 75 5 "I'm going to read you some pairs of opposite phrases. After I read each pair, tell me which ONE phrase you feel better describes news organizations generally. If you think that NEITHER phrase applies, please say so. (First,) would you say news organizations [see below]?" Each item asked of half the sample. "Care about the people they report on, OR don't care about the people they report on" Care Don't care Neither

applies Unsure/

Refused % % % % 7/17-21/13 31 59 6 4 "Are willing to admit their mistakes, OR try to cover up their mistakes" Willing

to admit Try to

cover up Neither

applies Unsure/

Refused % % % % 7/17-21/13 20 71 4 4 "Focus on the stories that are important to the country, OR spend too much time on unimportant stories" Important

stories Unimportant

stories Neither

applies Unsure/

Refused % % % % 7/17-21/13 28 65 5 2 "Protect democracy, OR hurt democracy" Protect

democracy Hurt

democracy Neither

applies Unsure/

Refused % % % % 7/17-21/13 48 35 11 6 "Care about how good a job they do, OR don't care about how good a job they do" Care Don't care Neither

applies Unsure/

Refused % % % % 7/17-21/13 67 26 5 2 "Are highly professional, OR not professional" Highly

professional Not

professional Neither

applies Unsure/

Refused % % % % 7/17-21/13 60 29 8 2 "Are politically biased in their reporting, OR careful that their reporting is NOT politically biased" Politically

biased Not

biased Neither

applies Unsure/

Refused % % % % 7/17-21/13 58 30 8 4 "Are liberal, OR conservative" Liberal Conservative Neither

applies Unsure/

Refused % % % % ALL 46 26 19 9 Republicans 65 17 12 6 Democrats 36 37 20 7 Independents 47 23 20 10 "Just your impression, do you think the job of being a journalist today is easier than it used to be, or harder than it used to be?" N=740 (Form 1), margin of error ± 4.2 Easier Harder About the

same (vol.) Unsure/

Refused % % % % 7/17-21/13 28 65 3 4 "Do you think it takes a special set of skills and training to be a journalist, or don't you think so?" N=740 (Form 2), margin of error ± 4.2 Takes a

special set Doesn't take

a special set Unsure/

Refused % % % 7/17-21/13 79 19 2 "With the amount of news and information these days, do you think journalists are more important than in the past because they help make sense of all the information that is available, or journalists are less important than in the past because people can get information without the help of journalists?" Options rotated More

important Less

important About the

same (vol.) Unsure/

Refused % % % % 7/17-21/13 54 38 4 4 Journalism continued