{"id":286274,"date":"2026-02-11T06:45:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=286274"},"modified":"2026-02-11T06:54:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T11:54:52","slug":"acknowledgments-role-of-news-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/acknowledgments-role-of-news-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"Acknowledgments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a Pew Research Center report from the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Find related reports online at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/pew-knight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/pew-knight\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"research\">Research<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kirsten Eddy, <em>Senior Researcher<\/em><br>Katerina Eva Matsa, <em>Director, News and Information Research<\/em><br>Michael Lipka, <em>Associate Director, News and Information Research<\/em><br>Christopher St. Aubin, <em>Research Analyst<\/em><br>Elisa Shearer, <em>Senior Researcher<\/em><br>Jacob Liedke, <em>Former Research Analyst<\/em><br>Joanne Haner, <em>Research Assistant<\/em><br>Naomi Forman-Katz, <em>Research Analyst<\/em><br>Sawyer Reed, <em>Research Assistant<\/em><br>Emily Tomasik, <em>Research Analyst<\/em><br>Luxuan Wang, <em>Research Associate<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"editorial-and-graphic-design\">Editorial and Graphic Design<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Kent, <em>Senior Editorial Specialist<\/em><br>Peter Bell, <em>Associate Director, Design and Production<\/em><br>Andrea Caumont, <em>Associate Director, Digital Outreach<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"communications-and-web-publishing\">Communications and Web Publishing<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sogand Afkari, <em>Communications Manager&nbsp;<\/em><br>Talia Price, <em>Communications Associate<\/em><br>Justine Coleman, <em>Associate Digital Producer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, the project benefited greatly from the administrative work of Meera Ramshankar and the guidance of the Pew Research Center methodology team: Courtney Kennedy, Andrew Mercer, Ashley Amaya, Dorene Asare-Marfo, Dana Popky, Anna Brown, Arnold Lau and Thomas May. We are also thankful for the PSB Insights project team\u2019s work conducting this study\u2019s focus groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a Pew Research Center report from the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Find related reports online at\u00a0https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/pew-knight\/. Research Kirsten Eddy, Senior ResearcherKaterina Eva Matsa, Director, News and Information ResearchMichael Lipka, Associate Director, News and Information ResearchChristopher St. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":675,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sub_headline":"","sub_title":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"ai_generated_summary":"","relatedPosts":[],"reportMaterials":[],"multiSectionReport":[],"package_parts__enabled":false,"package_parts":[],"_prc_fork_parent":0,"_prc_fork_status":"","_prc_active_fork":0,"datacite_doi":"","datacite_doi_citation":"","_prc_seo_qr_attachment_id":0,"spoken_article_player_enabled":true,"displayBylines":true,"footnotes":"","prc_watchers":[]},"categories":[343,328,35,342],"tags":[],"bylines":[2094,848,983,545,854],"collection":[2367],"datasets":[],"level_of_effort":[],"primary_audience":[],"information_type":[],"_post_visibility":[],"formats":[458],"_fund_pool":[2389],"languages":[],"regions-countries":[515],"research-teams":[527],"workflow-status":[],"class_list":["post-286274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facts-fact-checking","category-media-attitudes","category-news-habits-media","category-trust-in-media","bylines-christopher-st-aubin","bylines-elisa-shearer","bylines-katerina-eva-matsa","bylines-kirsten-eddy","bylines-michael-lipka","collection-pew-knight-initiative","formats-report","regions-countries-united-states","research-teams-journalism"],"label":false,"post_parent":286236,"word_count":181,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/acknowledgments-role-of-news-consumers\/","art_direction":{"A2":{"id":286709,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/PJ_2026.02.11_role-of-news-consumers_featured-topic.jpg","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/PJ_2026.02.11_role-of-news-consumers_featured-topic.jpg?w=268&h=151&crop=1","width":268,"height":151,"caption":"","chartArt":false},"XL":{"id":286709,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/PJ_2026.02.11_role-of-news-consumers_featured-topic.jpg","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/PJ_2026.02.11_role-of-news-consumers_featured-topic.jpg?w=720&h=405&crop=1","width":720,"height":405,"caption":"","chartArt":false},"A3":{"id":286709,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/PJ_2026.02.11_role-of-news-consumers_featured-topic.jpg","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/PJ_2026.02.11_role-of-news-consumers_featured-topic.jpg?w=194&h=110&crop=1","width":194,"height":110,"caption":"","chartArt":false},"A4":{"id":286709,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/PJ_2026.02.11_role-of-news-consumers_featured-topic.jpg","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/PJ_2026.02.11_role-of-news-consumers_featured-topic.jpg?w=268&h=151&crop=1","width":268,"height":151,"caption":"","chartArt":false},"A1":{"id":286709,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/PJ_2026.02.11_role-of-news-consumers_featured-topic.jpg","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/PJ_2026.02.11_role-of-news-consumers_featured-topic.jpg?w=564&h=317&crop=1","width":564,"height":317,"caption":"","chartArt":false},"social":{"id":286708,"rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/PJ_2026.02.11_role-of-news-consumers_featured-social.jpg","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/PJ_2026.02.11_role-of-news-consumers_featured-social.jpg?w=1200&h=628&crop=1","width":1200,"height":628,"caption":"","chartArt":false}},"_embeds":[],"watchers":[],"table_of_contents":[{"id":286236,"title":"Americans\u2019 Complicated Relationship With News","slug":"americans-complicated-relationship-with-news","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/americans-complicated-relationship-with-news\/","is_active":false},{"id":286268,"title":"The age divide in how Americans think about news","slug":"the-age-divide-in-how-americans-think-about-news","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/the-age-divide-in-how-americans-think-about-news\/","is_active":false},{"id":286269,"title":"What does it mean to \u2018do your own research,\u2019 and how often do Americans do it?","slug":"what-does-it-mean-to-do-your-own-research-and-how-often-do-americans-do-it","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/what-does-it-mean-to-do-your-own-research-and-how-often-do-americans-do-it\/","is_active":false},{"id":286270,"title":"Who should make sure people know how to verify news, according to Americans?","slug":"who-should-make-sure-people-know-how-to-verify-news-according-to-americans","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/who-should-make-sure-people-know-how-to-verify-news-according-to-americans\/","is_active":false},{"id":286271,"title":"Why Americans discuss the news \u2013 or don\u2019t \u2013 with others","slug":"why-americans-discuss-the-news-or-dont-with-others","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/why-americans-discuss-the-news-or-dont-with-others\/","is_active":false},{"id":286272,"title":"Few say Americans have a responsibility to pay for news","slug":"few-say-americans-have-a-responsibility-to-pay-for-news","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/few-say-americans-have-a-responsibility-to-pay-for-news\/","is_active":false},{"id":286273,"title":"Why Americans think news habits are changing, in their own words","slug":"why-americans-think-news-habits-are-changing-in-their-own-words","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/why-americans-think-news-habits-are-changing-in-their-own-words\/","is_active":false},{"id":286274,"title":"Acknowledgments","slug":"acknowledgments-role-of-news-consumers","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/acknowledgments-role-of-news-consumers\/","is_active":true},{"id":286275,"title":"Methodology","slug":"methodology-role-of-news-consumers","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/methodology-role-of-news-consumers\/","is_active":false}],"report_materials":[{"key":"_1mh2hmc7o","type":"report","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/PJ_2026.02.11_role-of-news-consumers_report.pdf","label":"Report PDF","attachmentId":287157},{"key":"_cltnytlmg","type":"topline","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/PJ_2026.02.11_role-of-news-consumers_topline.pdf","label":"Topline","attachmentId":286286},{"key":"_z3qqtdjev","type":"questionnaire","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/02\/PJ_2026.02.11_role-of-news-consumers_questionnaire.pdf","label":"Questionnaire","attachmentId":286287}],"report_pagination":{"current_post":{"id":286274,"title":"Acknowledgments","slug":"acknowledgments-role-of-news-consumers","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/acknowledgments-role-of-news-consumers\/","is_active":true,"page_num":8},"next_post":{"id":286275,"title":"Methodology","slug":"methodology-role-of-news-consumers","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/methodology-role-of-news-consumers\/","is_active":false,"page_num":9},"previous_post":{"id":286273,"title":"Why Americans think news habits are changing, in their own words","slug":"why-americans-think-news-habits-are-changing-in-their-own-words","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/why-americans-think-news-habits-are-changing-in-their-own-words\/","is_active":false,"page_num":7},"pagination_items":[{"id":286236,"title":"Americans\u2019 Complicated Relationship With News","slug":"americans-complicated-relationship-with-news","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/americans-complicated-relationship-with-news\/","is_active":false,"page_num":1},{"id":286268,"title":"The age divide in how Americans think about news","slug":"the-age-divide-in-how-americans-think-about-news","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/the-age-divide-in-how-americans-think-about-news\/","is_active":false,"page_num":2},{"id":286269,"title":"What does it mean to \u2018do your own research,\u2019 and how often do Americans do it?","slug":"what-does-it-mean-to-do-your-own-research-and-how-often-do-americans-do-it","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/what-does-it-mean-to-do-your-own-research-and-how-often-do-americans-do-it\/","is_active":false,"page_num":3},{"id":286270,"title":"Who should make sure people know how to verify news, according to Americans?","slug":"who-should-make-sure-people-know-how-to-verify-news-according-to-americans","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/who-should-make-sure-people-know-how-to-verify-news-according-to-americans\/","is_active":false,"page_num":4},{"id":286271,"title":"Why Americans discuss the news \u2013 or don\u2019t \u2013 with others","slug":"why-americans-discuss-the-news-or-dont-with-others","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/why-americans-discuss-the-news-or-dont-with-others\/","is_active":false,"page_num":5},{"id":286272,"title":"Few say Americans have a responsibility to pay for news","slug":"few-say-americans-have-a-responsibility-to-pay-for-news","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/few-say-americans-have-a-responsibility-to-pay-for-news\/","is_active":false,"page_num":6},{"id":286273,"title":"Why Americans think news habits are changing, in their own words","slug":"why-americans-think-news-habits-are-changing-in-their-own-words","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/why-americans-think-news-habits-are-changing-in-their-own-words\/","is_active":false,"page_num":7},{"id":286274,"title":"Acknowledgments","slug":"acknowledgments-role-of-news-consumers","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/acknowledgments-role-of-news-consumers\/","is_active":true,"page_num":8},{"id":286275,"title":"Methodology","slug":"methodology-role-of-news-consumers","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2026\/02\/11\/methodology-role-of-news-consumers\/","is_active":false,"page_num":9}]},"parent_info":{"parent_title":"Americans\u2019 Complicated Relationship With News","parent_id":286236},"materialsOrdered":[],"chaptersOrdered":[],"partsOrdered":[],"partsEnabled":false,"datacite_doi":"","prc_seo_data":{"title":"Acknowledgments","description":"This is a Pew Research Center report from the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.&hellip;","og_title":"Acknowledgments","og_description":"","schema_type":"Article","noindex":false,"canonical_url":"","primary_terms":{"category":35,"formats":458,"regions-countries":515,"research-teams":527,"collection":2367},"custom_schema":[],"og_image":286708,"indexnow_submitted_at":null,"gsc_index_status":null},"prepublish_checks":{"prc-image-alt-text":{"status":"complete","message":"No image blocks in content.","data":null},"prc-about-this-research":{"status":"incomplete","message":"Add an \"About this research\" details block.","data":null},"prc-paragraph-count":{"status":"complete","message":"Found 5 paragraphs.","data":{"count":5}},"prc-internal-link":{"status":"complete","message":"Found 1 internal link.","data":{"count":1}}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"relatedPostsOrdered":[],"bylinesOrdered":[],"acknowledgementsOrdered":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/675"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=286274"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":287722,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/286274\/revisions\/287722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=286274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=286274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=286274"},{"taxonomy":"bylines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bylines?post=286274"},{"taxonomy":"collection","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/collection?post=286274"},{"taxonomy":"datasets","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/datasets?post=286274"},{"taxonomy":"level_of_effort","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/level_of_effort?post=286274"},{"taxonomy":"primary_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/primary_audience?post=286274"},{"taxonomy":"information_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/information_type?post=286274"},{"taxonomy":"_post_visibility","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_post_visibility?post=286274"},{"taxonomy":"formats","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/formats?post=286274"},{"taxonomy":"_fund_pool","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_fund_pool?post=286274"},{"taxonomy":"languages","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/languages?post=286274"},{"taxonomy":"regions-countries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions-countries?post=286274"},{"taxonomy":"research-teams","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/research-teams?post=286274"},{"taxonomy":"workflow-status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/workflow-status?post=286274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}