Pew Research Center
The Pew Research Center is an American "fact tank" based in Washington, D.C. that provides information and data on issues, attitudes and trends shaping the United States and the world. It was established in 2004 as a nonpartisan subsidiary of Pew Charitable Trusts.
The group's Journalism.org site focuses research on public opinion and issues within news media. It's research is often cited in media bias research done by AllSides, including the 2014 Where News Audiences Fit on the Political Spectrum study.
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As heated debate continues over how social media sites can improve the quality of news on their platforms while enforcing rules fairly, most Americans are pessimistic about these efforts and are highly concerned about several issues when it comes to social media and news.
Majorities say that social media companies have too much control over the news on their sites, and that the role social media companies play in delivering the news on their sites results in a worse mix of news for users. At the same time, social media is now a part of the news diet of an increasingly large share of the U.S. population.
These findings are based on a survey conducted July 8-21, 2019, among 5,107 U.S. adults who are members of Pew Research Center’s American Trends Panel. The study also examines Americans’ perceptions of the biggest problems when it comes to social media and news, the political slant of news posts they see on social media, and which sites they go to for news.