Knight Foundation

How did misinformation spread during the 2016 presidential election and has anything changed since?

In this report, part of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s Trust, Media and Democracy initiative, Gallup asked a representative sample of U.S. adults to discuss key factors that make them trust, or not trust, news media organizations.

As part of its ongoing Trust, Media and Democracy initiative, the John S.

Recent research from Gallup and Knight Foundation investigated how the use of opinion- or behavior-based metrics influenced study participants’ level of trust in the media.  Each participant was randomly assigned to an experimental group that view

The future of local television as a vital source of news and information likely depends on the medium’s ability to transcend media fragmentation.

Fifty years ago, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act, which established the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.