Study

NORC at the University of Chicago conducted the study in collaboration with the American Press Institute and funding and partnership from Democracy Fund. The survey [...]

There are many kinds of journalism, but at the heart of their constitutional responsibilities, journalists are in the business of monitoring and keeping a check [...]

People differ in how much understanding they feel they have of important issues they might see in the news, and in how much ability they [...]

This research was conducted by the Media Insight Project — an initiative of the American Press Institute and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs [...]

People are strikingly unfamiliar with terms that many journalists use, probably without thinking — such as the difference between an editorial and a news story, [...]

The extent of personal experience a person has with journalism — including being covered or interviewed in the news, or having some education in journalism [...]

Trust in the media overall has declined in the last year, but people’s trust in their favorite news outlet has grown. If we look at [...]

Most Americans describe themselves as active news consumers. Sixty‑three percent report that they seek out news and information. Far fewer, 37 percent, say they mostly [...]

Newspaper subscribers hold more positive views of many specific types of media — and have an easier time deciphering news from opinion — than do [...]

It should come as no surprise today that the partisan divide over news is a troubling and significant issue as the United States comes to [...]