Knight Public Opinion

What we’re reading: on trust

Experts worry that distrust runs deep in the American public

Should platforms be regulated? A new survey says yes.

In the two years since the 2016 election, the role major social media and technology companies like Facebook, Google and Twitter play in enabling (or corroding) an informed society has become an issue of increasing concern.

How Americans really feel about the media

By David Askenazi

To increase trust in the press, let’s look at the good experiences people have with journalists

The American Press Institute released a new study on the relationship between the public and the press. One…

Fact or opinion? New research finds who best tells the difference

American news consumers are inundated with tweets and headlines and stories. But in a world where news stories and opinion pieces blur and blend on many sites, can readers tell whether a statement is fact — or opinion?

Almost seven-in-ten Americans have news fatigue, more among Republicans

New report from Pew Research Center shows Hispanics and black Americans less tired out than their white counterparts

The Battle for Truth

As we begin 2018, we find the world in a new phase in the loss of trust: the unwillingness to believe information, even…

10 reasons why Americans don’t trust the media

Public trust in the media is at an all-time low…