How Americans say the news they get makes them feel

Americans have mixed emotional responses to the news they get. And those responses vary based on the amount of news they are accessing.

A recent Pew Research Center study asked U.S. adults to indicate how often the news they get makes them feel each of several emotions. They are generally more likely to say they feel the negative emotions we asked about than the positive ones. This analysis is part of the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

However, there is one exception to this pattern: Nearly half of Americans (46%) say the news they get makes them feel informed extremely often or often.

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