Galen Stocking

Journalism Researcher at Pew Research. Political Science PhD. from UCSB. Interested in media, politics, networks, IR. Music, Lakers fan.

[Galen Stocking @GalenStocking]

As we edge closer to a TikTok ban in the US, a new look at how Americans get news on TikTok: https://t.co/k1W9tFA0Wv

[Pew Research Center @pewresearch]

21% of U.S. adults say they regularly get news from news influencers on social media. This is especially common among younger adults: 37% of those ages 18 to 29 say they regularly get news from influencers. https://t.co/SihgsQYzih

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There is so, so much more in this report. It's a big, multi-method look at this important part of news today, and it tackles Q's about news influencers from the supply and demand side

Giant thanks to everyone who pulled this across the finish line!

https://t.co/vPsOneeN3j

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We could only find a clearly stated partisan orientation for about half of the 500 news influencers we studied, but among those, there is a slight lean to the political right - 27% vs 21%.

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Audiences tend to report positive experiences when getting news from news influencers:
- 65% say news influencers help them better understand current events
- 70% say that news is at least somewhat different than news they would get elsewhere
- 31% feel connected to one

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What about partisanship?

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🚨NEW REPORT🚨: America's News Influencers - a deep dive into individuals who talk about current events and civic issues to large audiences on social media- & their audiences.

https://t.co/vPsOneeN3j

This is the latest Pew Research Center Report from the Pew Knight Initiative.

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Who are news influencers?
- Mostly men (63%)
- Often voices from outside the news industry - 77% have never had an affiliation with a news org
- Most (85%) have an account on X (as of summer 2024)
- 34% host a podcast
- 22% have a newsletter

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About a fifth of US adults regularly get news from these individuals - which rises to 37% among 18-29 year olds

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[Pew Research Methods @pewmethods]

A new post on @pewresearch's Decoded explores the connection between Americans’ survey responses and their digital activity using data from our past research about Twitter. https://t.co/HU8iLMuS1Z

[Cary Funk @surveyfunk]

New survey chock full of interesting findings on climate and energy issues via @briantkennedy @alec_h_tyson @pewresearch @pewscience

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This is tomorrow! If you're interested in podcasts this should be a great panel.

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We also have a really exciting virtual panel on podcasting coming up on 6/21! Registration is available here: https://t.co/e6BtfilLht

For more information, visit our websites at https://t.co/pxogNE6DQh and https://t.co/BtkchNiFAD [14/14]

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NEW: True crime 🕵️‍♂️🔍is the most common subject of top-ranked podcasts 🎙️.

These podcasts are particularly popular among women and younger podcast listeners.

See more here: https://t.co/ChlqScpTOr

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🚨NEW🚨: Podcasts originated as an audio-only form of media, but about half of top-ranked podcasts now release a 🎥video component - almost always on YouTube.

See more findings here: https://t.co/qWePyVWKFt

[Walter Hickey @WaltHickey]

This morning's Numlock features interesting stories from @ElisaShearer @chris_staubin @GalenStocking @markjurkowitz @wordstospill @_ananyaaa @mikejakeman @cbattan @kristakbrown @katmatsa https://t.co/M2ULH9I7Cs

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We also have a really exciting virtual panel on podcasting coming up on 6/21! Registration is available here: https://t.co/e6BtfilLht

For more information, visit our websites at https://t.co/pxogNE6DQh and https://t.co/BtkchNiFAD [14/14]

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🚨NEW🚨: A new @pewresearch study of 451 of the top-ranked podcasts in the United States shows a wide range of topics among these podcasts. https://t.co/qWePyVWKFt

This builds on our previous work looking at podcast listeners https://t.co/fpre2V0gdc [1/14]

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Many thanks to @Podchaser for the data used in this report, and to my many colleagues who worked on it! [13/14]