{"id":87822,"date":"2020-07-30T10:55:32","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T15:55:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/2020\/07\/30\/social-media-news-consumers-methodology\/"},"modified":"2024-07-29T11:25:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T15:25:21","slug":"social-media-news-consumers-methodology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/07\/30\/social-media-news-consumers-methodology\/","title":{"rendered":"Methodology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The analysis in this report uses data from five waves of the American Trends Panel (ATP), which were fielded during November 2019, and February, March, April, and June 2020. Respondents\u2019 most-used platform for political and election news was asked in the November 2019 survey, and all demographic characteristics of each group are taken from that survey. See the full methodologies for each of the five surveys conducted below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/03\/11\/election-news-pathways-methodology\/#american-trends-panel-june-2020-survey-methodology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Trends Panel June 2020 survey methodology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/03\/11\/election-news-pathways-methodology\/#american-trends-panel-april-2020-survey-methodology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Trends Panel April 2020 survey methodology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/03\/11\/election-news-pathways-methodology\/#american-trends-panel-march-2020-survey-methodology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Trends Panel March 2020 survey methodology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/03\/11\/election-news-pathways-methodology\/#american-trends-panel-february-2020-survey-methodology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Trends Panel February 2020 survey methodology<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/03\/11\/election-news-pathways-methodology\/#american-trends-panel-november-2019-survey-methodology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Trends Panel November 2019 survey methodology<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-420-wide\"><a href=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2020\/07\/30\/social-media-news-consumers-methodology\/pj_2020-07-30_social-media-news_m-01-png\/\"><img data-dominant-color=\"eff0f0\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #eff0f0;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/PJ_2020.07.30_social-media-news_M-01.png?resize=480,239 480w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/PJ_2020.07.30_social-media-news_M-01.png?resize=782,389 782w, https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/PJ_2020.07.30_social-media-news_M-01.png?resize=840,418 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 480px, (max-width: 782px) 782px, 640px\" height=\"209\" width=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/07\/PJ_2020.07.30_social-media-news_M-01.png?w=840\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-108932 not-transparent\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The analysis in this report uses data from five waves of the American Trends Panel (ATP), which were fielded during November 2019, and February, March, April, and June 2020. 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