Michael Lipka

Most Americans see freedom of the press – protected by the First Amendment to the U.S.

Americans’ engagement with others is not one-dimensional. Rather than falling along a single spectrum, U.S. adults sort into four distinct groups that reflect different patterns of participation:

Americans today describe a complicated relationship with the news.

A growing share of Americans are using artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT. But chatbots have not become a regular source of news for most Americans. About one-in-ten U.S. adults say they get news often (2 percent) or sometimes (7 percent) from AI chatbots like ChatGPT or Gemini. An additional 16 percent do so rarely, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. Most Americans (75 percent) say they never get news this way.

In the heat of the 2024 election, news influencers seemed to be everywhere.