Do People Really Rely on Social Media for News?

Do People Really Rely on Social Media for News?

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eMarketer senior analyst Jasmine Enberg joins principal analyst Nicole Perrin to discuss a Pew Research Center survey about Americans’ opinions about social media and the news, and whether people really consider Facebook a go-to source of information about current events.

From What Social Media Platforms Do US Social Media Users Get News*? (% of respondents, July 2019)
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