Pew Research studied over 2000 news influencers (someone discussing news and current events on social media, who has over 100,000 followers on any one platform) and looked at 500 of them in detail, to find out how Americans are consuming news today. Michael welcomes Galen Stocking, Senior Computational Social Scientist at Pew Research Center, to explain the data.

The Smerconish Podcast

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1 in 5 Americans are getting news from 'Social Influencers': Is this expanding influence good news?

NOV 19, 202422 MIN
The Smerconish Podcast

1 in 5 Americans are getting news from 'Social Influencers': Is this expanding influence good news?

NOV 19, 202422 MIN

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Pew Research studied over 2000 news influencers (someone discussing news and current events on social media, who has over 100,000 followers on any one platform) and looked at 500 of them in detail, to find out how Americans are consuming news today. Michael welcomes Galen Stocking, Senior Computational Social Scientist at Pew Research Center, to explain the data.