{"id":380902,"date":"2026-10-01T09:54:57","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=chart&#038;p=380902"},"modified":"2026-10-01T09:54:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T13:54:57","slug":"views-of-social-medias-impact-on-democracy-are-more-negative-among-high-income-countries-including-the-u-s","status":"publish","type":"chart","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/views-of-social-medias-impact-on-democracy-are-more-negative-among-high-income-countries-including-the-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Views of social media\u2019s impact on democracy are more negative among high-income countries, including the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-chart-builder\">\t\t<div style=\"max-width:640px\" class=\"wp-chart-builder-wrapper alignnone wp-block-prc-chart-builder-controller--freeform wp-block-prc-chart-builder-controller\" id=\"7d842872-5268-4de8-85fb-899004d3f3ea\" data-wp-interactive=\"prc-chart-builder\/controller\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;7d842872-5268-4de8-85fb-899004d3f3ea&quot;,&quot;postId&quot;:380902,&quot;postUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/views-of-social-medias-impact-on-democracy-are-more-negative-among-high-income-countries-including-the-u-s\\\/&quot;,&quot;chartPostUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/views-of-social-medias-impact-on-democracy-are-more-negative-among-high-income-countries-including-the-u-s\\\/&quot;,&quot;postPubDate&quot;:&quot;2026-10-01&quot;,&quot;rootUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org&quot;,&quot;featuredImageId&quot;:622278,&quot;featuredImageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/alpha.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/20\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/views_of_social_medias_impact_strongostrongn_democracy_are_more_negative_among_high-income_countries_including_the_us-380902-1790862964.png&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Views of social media\\u2019s impact &lt;strong&gt;o&lt;\\\/strong&gt;n democracy are more negative among high-income countries, including the U.S.&quot;,&quot;subtitle&quot;:&quot;% who say social media has been more of a &lt;strong&gt;bad thing&lt;\\\/strong&gt; for democracy in their country&quot;,&quot;note&quot;:&quot;Note: We include the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the group of middle-income countries for analysis, though the corresponding World Bank classification is for the West Bank and Gaza. 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