Media and Journalism
The Pew Research Center supports several initiatives that monitor the rapidly-changing media landscape. These include efforts to develop information on both how journalists cover news and how the public perceives the media. These projects have common methods and purposes, chiefly in using rigorous research and timely data to accurately frame public debates about media in the United States.
The Pew Research Center’s media-related initiatives include:
These media research centers do not advocate for or take positions on policy issues. Each is a project of the Pew Research Center, a subsidiary of Pew in Washington, D.C., that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.
For more information, visit the Pew Research Center Web site.
The Pew Research Center’s media-related initiatives include:
- the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, which tracks media trends, analyzes news content and presents weekly statistics on stories receiving coverage;
- the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, which uses public opinion research to study people’s perceptions and use of American media as well as their interest in news stories; and
These media research centers do not advocate for or take positions on policy issues. Each is a project of the Pew Research Center, a subsidiary of Pew in Washington, D.C., that provides information on the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world.
For more information, visit the Pew Research Center Web site.
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News Coverage Index
The News Coverage Index from the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism’s studies news coverage by major outlets from five sectors of the media, to provide hard data about the stories and topics the media are covering.
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News Interest Index
The News Interest Index is a weekly survey that examines the public’s interest in major news stories. The index is an ongoing project of the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
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Media Analysis
The Pew Research Center produces research on media trends, using its regular surveys of public opinion and regular analysis of news coverage.