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 January 08, 2025, 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 January 08, 2025. 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: January 08, 2025. 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 January 08, 2025)
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/
