According to an August 2021 survey, 40 percent of Black respondents considered social media to have a negative effect on people like themselves, while around a quarter of Black Americans cited a positive impact. In comparison, 56 percent of white respondents reported thinking social media had a negative impact on people like themselves, and only 18 percent cited a positive impact.
Opinion of adults in the United States on the impact of social media on people as of August 2021, by ethnicity
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Knight Foundation. (March 9, 2022). Opinion of adults in the United States on the impact of social media on people as of August 2021, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310258/impact-social-media-ethnicity-us/
Knight Foundation. "Opinion of adults in the United States on the impact of social media on people as of August 2021, by ethnicity." Chart. March 9, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310258/impact-social-media-ethnicity-us/
Knight Foundation. (2022). Opinion of adults in the United States on the impact of social media on people as of August 2021, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310258/impact-social-media-ethnicity-us/
Knight Foundation. "Opinion of Adults in The United States on The Impact of Social Media on People as of August 2021, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310258/impact-social-media-ethnicity-us/
Knight Foundation, Opinion of adults in the United States on the impact of social media on people as of August 2021, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310258/impact-social-media-ethnicity-us/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Opinion of adults in the United States on the impact of social media on people as of August 2021, by ethnicity [Graph], Knight Foundation, March 9, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310258/impact-social-media-ethnicity-us/