Media and Journalism

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:

• 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

The knowledge gained through the projects’ work assists journalists, academics, policy makers and the public in understanding the evolution, current role and future of the U.S. media.
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.
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Foreign Policy and Global Attitudes As today’s world grows more interconnected, international understanding is more vital than ever. The Pew Research Center seeks to explore both American and global public opinion through multiple projects of the center, including the Pew Research Center for People and the Press, which provides data about U.S. views of national security and other foreign policy issues, and the Pew Global Attitudes Project, which provides an international perspective through a series of worldwide public opinion surveys. Surveys related to foreign policy and global issues have included: the first-ever, nationwide, random sample survey of Muslim Americans; attitudes of the U.S. electorate on Iraq and other foreign-policy issues, vis-à-vis the presidential campaign; and views of America’s image from around the world. This information is designed to help members of the news media, academic researchers, foreign policy analysts and the public in understanding public views on key global matters both in the United States and around the world. The Pew Research Center does not take positions on policy debates. It is a nonpartisan subsidiary of Pew and is based in Washington, D.C. For more information about its public opinion research on foreign policy and global issues, visit the Pew Research Center Web site and the Pew Global Attitudes Project Web site. Report * No Consensus on How Egypt Protests Will Affect U.S. Feb 08, 2011 - Americans are uncertain about how the massive protests will impact the U.S. but most give Obama good marks for handling the situation. Half have heard little or nothing about events in Egypt. Read More * Historically, Public Has Given Low Priority to Promoting Democracy Overseas Feb 04, 2011 - Americans like the idea of their government promoting democracy in other nations. But democracy promotion has typically lagged far behind other objectives among the public's long-term foreign policy goals. Read More * Pew Research Center on Egypt, Democracy and Islam: 2010 Study Jan 31, 2011 - In a survey conducted last spring, a majority of Egyptian Muslims said that democracy was preferable to any other kind of government. An overwhelming majority also believes Islam's influence in politics is positive. Read More * Strengthen Ties with China, But Get Tough on Trade Jan 13, 2011 - A Pew Research Center report found that Americans increasingly see Asia, rather than Europe, as the region most important to U.S. interests -- an economic challenge but not a military adversary. Read More * Muslim Publics Divided on Hamas and Hezbollah Dec 02, 2010 - Hamas and Hezbollah get mixed ratings among Muslims around the globe, but views of al Qaeda and bin Laden are consistently negative. Most surveyed prefer democracy while supporting a significant role for Islam in their nations' politics.

As today’s world grows more interconnected, international understanding is more vital than ever.
The Pew Research Center seeks to explore both American and global public opinion through multiple projects of the center, including the Pew Research Center for People and the Press, which provides data about U.S. views of national security and other foreign policy issues, and the Pew Global Attitudes Project, which provides an international perspective through a series of worldwide public opinion surveys.
Surveys related to foreign policy and global issues have included: the first-ever, nationwide, random sample survey of Muslim Americans; attitudes of the U.S. electorate on Iraq and other foreign-policy issues, vis-à-vis the presidential campaign; and views of America’s image from around the world.
This information is designed to help members of the news media, academic researchers, foreign policy analysts and the public in understanding public views on key global matters both in the United States and around the world.
The Pew Research Center does not take positions on policy debates. It is a nonpartisan subsidiary of Pew and is based in Washington, D.C.
For more information about its public opinion research on foreign policy and global issues, visit the Pew Research Center Web site and the Pew Global Attitudes Project Web site.

Report

• No Consensus on How Egypt Protests Will Affect U.S.

  Feb 08, 2011 - Americans are uncertain about how the massive protests will impact the U.S. but most give Obama good marks for handling the situation. Half have heard little or nothing about events in Egypt.
  
  Read More

• Historically, Public Has Given Low Priority to Promoting Democracy Overseas

  Feb 04, 2011 - Americans like the idea of their government promoting democracy in other nations. But democracy promotion has typically lagged far behind other objectives among the public's long-term foreign policy goals.
  
  Read More

• Pew Research Center on Egypt, Democracy and Islam: 2010 Study

  Jan 31, 2011 - In a survey conducted last spring, a majority of Egyptian Muslims said that democracy was preferable to any other kind of government. An overwhelming majority also believes Islam's influence in politics is positive.
  
  Read More

• Strengthen Ties with China, But Get Tough on Trade

  Jan 13, 2011 - A Pew Research Center report found that Americans increasingly see Asia, rather than Europe, as the region most important to U.S. interests -- an economic challenge but not a military adversary.
  
  Read More

• Muslim Publics Divided on Hamas and Hezbollah

  Dec 02, 2010 - Hamas and Hezbollah get mixed ratings among Muslims around the globe, but views of al Qaeda and bin Laden are consistently negative. Most surveyed prefer democracy while supporting a significant role for Islam in their nations' politics.