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News Use Across Social Media Platforms 2016
BY JEFFREY GOTTFRIED AND ELISA SHEARER
A majority of U.S. adults – 62% – get news on social media, and 18% do so often, according to a new survey by Pew Research Center, conducted in association with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. In 2012, based on a slightly different question, 49% of U.S. adults reported seeing news on social media.1
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A majority of U.S. adults, 62%, get news from social media.
Facebook battles to banish News Feed clickbait.
Report from Stanford on the Trouble Students (K-12 and Higher Ed) Have Judging The Credibility Of Information Online -- Complete Report
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