Profiles of News Consumption: Platform Choices, Perceptions of Reliability, and Partisanship

by Jennifer Kavanagh and Michael Pollard

In this report, the authors use survey data to explore how U.S. media consumers use news platforms (e.g., print, television, social media, internet), the relationships between these profiles, and consumers' perceptions of the reliability of news. Findings include that consumers are mixed in their perceptions of news reliability and that partisanship broadly shapes news consumption behavior and willingness to seek differing viewpoints.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977403433
• ISBN13: 9781977403438
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 110 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"