Report | October 6, 2022 X Facebook Threads LinkedIn WhatsApp Share The Role of Alternative Social Media in the News and Information Environment Appendix B: Detailed tables for content analysis of sample of prominent accounts By Galen Stocking, Amy Mitchell, Katerina Eva Matsa, Regina Widjaya, Mark Jurkowitz, Shreenita Ghosh, Aaron Smith, Sarah Naseer and Christopher St. Aubin Table of Contents The Role of Alternative Social Media in the News and Information Environment 1. Americans are more aware of some alternative social media sites than others, but overall, very few get news there 2. Alternative social media sites frequently identify as free speech advocates 3. Prominent accounts on alternative social media sites mostly are individuals, not organizations 4. Content from prominent alternative social media accounts highlights extreme vaccine skepticism, anxiety over LGBTQ issues Acknowledgments Appendix A: Detailed tables for audit of seven alternative social media sites Appendix B: Detailed tables for content analysis of sample of prominent accounts Appendix C: Detailed tables for content analysis of posts from prominent accounts from June 2022 Appendix D: Sampled affiliated prominent accounts, by site Methodology Next: Appendix C: Detailed tables for content analysis of posts from prominent accounts from June 2022 ← Prev Page 1 … 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next Page → Report PDFTopline
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