The Extremely Online Are Less Informed About Political News, More Informed About Conspiracy Theories

“Analyzing Pew polls conducted from October of last year through June 2020, the center found that “those who rely most on social media for political news stand apart from other news consumers in a number of ways. These U.S. adults, for instance, tend to be less likely than other news consumers to closely follow major news stories, such as the coronavirus outbreak and the 2020 presidential election. And, perhaps tied to that, this group also tends to be less knowledgeable about these topics.””


https://reason.com/2020/07/31/the-extremely-online-are-less-informed-about-political-news-more-informed-about-conspiracy-theories/

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