According to an August 2021 survey, Democrats in the United States were more likely than their Republican counterparts to believe that social media made it easier to facilitate the spread of harmful content. The most significant disparity surrounded misinformation, with 96 percent of Democrats believing that social media made spreading misinformation easier, compared to only 83 percent of Republicans who thought the same.
Effect of social media on the ease of spreading harmful content online according to adults in the United States as of August 2021, by political party
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People saying things that they wouldn’t say in person
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Knight Foundation. (March 9, 2022). Effect of social media on the ease of spreading harmful content online according to adults in the United States as of August 2021, by political party [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310743/impact-social-media-ease-harmful-content-usa/
Knight Foundation. "Effect of social media on the ease of spreading harmful content online according to adults in the United States as of August 2021, by political party." Chart. March 9, 2022. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310743/impact-social-media-ease-harmful-content-usa/
Knight Foundation. (2022). Effect of social media on the ease of spreading harmful content online according to adults in the United States as of August 2021, by political party. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310743/impact-social-media-ease-harmful-content-usa/
Knight Foundation. "Effect of Social Media on The Ease of Spreading Harmful Content Online According to Adults in The United States as of August 2021, by Political Party." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310743/impact-social-media-ease-harmful-content-usa/
Knight Foundation, Effect of social media on the ease of spreading harmful content online according to adults in the United States as of August 2021, by political party Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310743/impact-social-media-ease-harmful-content-usa/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Effect of social media on the ease of spreading harmful content online according to adults in the United States as of August 2021, by political party [Graph], Knight Foundation, March 9, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1310743/impact-social-media-ease-harmful-content-usa/