A new study of posts on popular public Facebook pages about the early days of the Biden administration finds that the focus of these posts, as well as the assessments of the new president, differed widely by the ideological orientation of the pages.
Around seven-in-ten U.S. adults (69%) say they ever use Facebook, a share that has not significantly changed since 2016.
About half of U.S. adults say they get news from social media “often” or “sometimes,” and this use is spread out across a number of different sites. Facebook stands out as a regular source of news for about a third of Americans.
Here is what Pew Research Center surveys say about Americans’ attitudes toward the tech industry – and social media in particular.
U.S. lawmakers have received roughly 2 million more love than anger reactions to posts in the first seven months of 2020.
In March 2020, about three-quarters (74%) of public Facebook posts about COVID-19 linked to news organizations, while just 1% linked to health and science sites.
How many ad preferences Facebook lists for its U.S. users – and how accurate they are – depends on how often, and for how long, they've used the platform.
Photos that exclusively show men make up the majority of photos that show people; representational differences persist across topics
The share of U.S. adults who say they use certain online platforms or apps is statistically unchanged from where it stood in early 2018 despite a long stretch of controversies over privacy, fake news and censorship on social media.
The steady growth in adoption that social platforms have experienced in the U.S. over the past decade also appears to be slowing.