Date of Award
4-2021
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Patrick Donnay
Abstract
Social Media has changed the way Americans and people around the world receive their news. This advancement in media has political scientists questioning who trusts the information they read on social media sites. The PEW Research Center provides excellent data from a public opinion survey they conducted in 2019. My analysis of the data found that found that the older generations (50 years and older) are more warry of the news they receive on social media. More specifically, the older Republicans have less trust than the other demographics. With President Trump’s Twitter account being permanently banned from the site in January of 2021, the trust of all Republicans has likely gone down further. My analysis also found that it is the younger Democrats that are trusting the news on social media the most.
Recommended Citation
Morris, Kenneth, "Partisan Trust in Social Media: Who Trusts the News on Social Media and Who Does Not?" (2021). Political Science Theses and Capstones. 30.
https://pines.bemidjistate.edu/capstone-polisci/30
Included in
American Politics Commons, Communication Technology and New Media Commons, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Ethnicity in Communication Commons, Mass Communication Commons, Social Influence and Political Communication Commons, Social Media Commons, Social Psychology Commons
