Views on the negative impact of social media vary only slightly between social media users (63%) and non-users (69%), with non-users being slightly more likely to say these sites have a negative impact.
This partisan division persists among those 30 and older, but most of the gaps are smaller than those seen within the younger cohort. 18%) on the way things are going in the country today. 6%) or neither a positive nor negative effect (35% vs. In addition, these youngest Democrats are more likely than their Republican counterparts to say social media platforms have a mostly positive (20% vs. For example, 43% of Democrats ages 18 to 29 say social media have a mostly negative effect on the way things are going, compared with about three-quarters (76%) of Republicans in the same age group.
However, views among younger adults vary widely by partisanship. Americans 18 to 29 are also less likely than those 30 and older to say social media have a mostly negative impact (54% vs. For instance, 15% of those ages 18 to 29 say social media have a mostly positive effect on the way things are going in the country today, while just 8% of those over age 30 say the same. Younger adults are more likely to say social media have a positive impact on the way things are going in the country and are less likely to believe social media sites have a negative impact compared with older Americans. Conversely, moderate to liberal Republicans are more likely than their conservative counterparts to say social media have a mostly positive (8% vs. Conservative Republicans are more likely than moderate to liberal Republicans to say social media have a mostly negative effect (83% vs. Republicans, however, are slightly more divided by ideology. 16%).Īmong Democrats, there are no differences in these views along ideological lines. 5%) and twice as likely to say social media have neither a positive nor negative effect (32% vs. Democrats are about three times as likely as Republicans to say these sites have a mostly positive impact (14% vs. Roughly half of Democrats and independents who lean toward the Democratic Party (53%) say social media have a largely negative effect on the way things are going in the country today, compared with 78% of Republicans and leaners who say the same.
Across parties, larger shares describe social media’s impact as mostly negative rather than mostly positive, but this belief is particularly widespread among Republicans. The public’s views on the positive and negative effect of social media vary widely by political affiliation and ideology.
Here are the questions used for this report, along with responses, and its methodology. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other categories. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. Everyone who took part is a member of the Center’s American Trends Panel (ATP), an online survey panel that is recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses. Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand how Americans think about the impact of social media on the way things are currently going in the country.
SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS TODAY SERIES
This is part of a series of posts on Americans’ experiences with and attitudes about the role of social media in politics today.
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