As of November 2019, 18 percent of adults from the United States used social media as their main source to receive political and election news. Only 3 percent U.S. adults used print media such as newspapers or magazines as their most common way to receive political and election news.
Most popular news platforms for political and government issues among adults in the United States as of November 2019
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Pew Research Center. (January 24, 2020). Most popular news platforms for political and government issues among adults in the United States as of November 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/330295/distribution-of-sources-of-government-and-politics-news-usa/
Pew Research Center. "Most popular news platforms for political and government issues among adults in the United States as of November 2019." Chart. January 24, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/330295/distribution-of-sources-of-government-and-politics-news-usa/
Pew Research Center. (2020). Most popular news platforms for political and government issues among adults in the United States as of November 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/330295/distribution-of-sources-of-government-and-politics-news-usa/
Pew Research Center. "Most Popular News Platforms for Political and Government Issues among Adults in The United States as of November 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/330295/distribution-of-sources-of-government-and-politics-news-usa/
Pew Research Center, Most popular news platforms for political and government issues among adults in the United States as of November 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/330295/distribution-of-sources-of-government-and-politics-news-usa/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Most popular news platforms for political and government issues among adults in the United States as of November 2019 [Graph], Pew Research Center, January 24, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/330295/distribution-of-sources-of-government-and-politics-news-usa/
