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This study uses a multimethod approach to understand what ‘news’ means to Americans today

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80% Informative

The Pew Research Center study uses a multimethod approach to understanding what “news” means to Americans today .

The online discussion board was conducted by the research firm PSB Insights with 57 U.S. adults from Aug. 26 to 30, 2024 .

This method allowed participants to complete a range of activities, including open-ended questions.

Pew Research Center's American Trends Panel surveyed 9,482 U.S. adults from March 10 to 16, 2025 .

The margin of sampling error for the full sample is plus or minus 1.4 percentage points.

The survey was conducted by SSRS via online ( n=9,231 ) and live telephone interviewing.

The data essay included select quotations of responses from discussion board participants.

The data collection field period for this survey was March 10 to March 16, 2025 .

Pew Research Center conducted a series of individual on-the-record, in-depth interviews from July 18 to Sept. 6, 2024 with 13 journalists and editors at varying levels of editorial leadership.

Survey invitations were sent out in two separate launches: soft launch and full launch.

VR Score

92

Informative language

98

Neutral language

69

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

63

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

External references

no external sources

Source diversity

no sources

Affiliate links

no affiliate links