News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2018

Posted Monday, September 10, 2018 7:55 am

Elisa Shearer and Katerina Eva Matsa | Pew Research Center

About two-thirds of American adults (68%) say they at least occasionally get news on social media, about the same share as at this time in 2017, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Many of these consumers, however, are skeptical of the information they see there...

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