{"id":311661,"date":"2025-12-04T14:49:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T19:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?prc_email_campaign=young-americans-experiences-with-news"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:15:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:15:50","slug":"young-americans-experiences-with-news","status":"publish","type":"prc_email_campaign","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/young-americans-experiences-with-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Americans&#8217; experiences with news"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!<\/strong>\u00a0<em>The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information<\/em>.<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>Featured story:<\/strong> The Joe Rogan Experience tops podcast charts<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>New from Pew Research Center:<\/strong> Young adults and the future of news<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>In other news:<\/strong> White House launches new media bias tracker on its website<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> New York Times sues Pentagon over new press policy<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Attention to news has declined across all age groups<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udd25\u00a0<strong>Featured story<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Joe Rogan Experience<\/strong> is 2025\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/joe-rogan-podcast-platforms-2025-1236440131\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">top podcast across Spotify, YouTube and Apple Podcasts<\/a> \u2013 the sixth straight year Joe Rogan claimed the top spot on Spotify, but the <strong>first time he topped the charts for all three major podcasting platforms.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over half of Americans say they have heard of The Joe Rogan Experience (57%), and 12% say they regularly get news there, <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/feature\/news-media-tracker\/the_joe_rogan_experience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to a March Pew Research Center survey<\/a>. Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to say they regularly get news from the show (22% vs. 2%) and trust it as a source of news (31% vs. 3%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udea8 <strong>New from Pew Research Center<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/12\/03\/young-adults-and-the-future-of-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new analysis<\/a> examines how the youngest group of U.S. adults \u2013 those ages 18 to 29 \u2013 consume news, interact with it and perceive its role in their daily lives. This may offer some insights into Americans\u2019 future news habits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, young adults follow the news less closely than any other age group and are more likely to say they happen to come across the political news they get (rather than intentionally seeking it out). They also are much more likely than older Americans to get news on social media, and more inclined to trust the information they see there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a Pew Research Center analysis from the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/pew-knight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pew-Knight Initiative<\/a>, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udccc\u00a0<strong>In other news<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\n<li><strong>White House<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2025\/11\/28\/trump-media-criticism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launches new media bias tracker<\/a> on its website<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Google<\/strong> experiments with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcworld.com\/article\/3000529\/google-discover-starts-rewriting-headlines-using-ai-with-mixed-results.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">AI-generated news headlines<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Newsweek <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/digiday.com\/media\/newsweek-is-building-an-ai-mode-like-experience-to-customize-homepages-for-readers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announces AI-mode homepage<\/a> for website visitors<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>CNN <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/12\/02\/cnn-kalshi-prediction-market-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">strikes deal<\/a> to partner with prediction market company <strong>Kalshi<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/12\/02\/nx-s1-5627506\/fox-news-smartmatic-lawsuit-election-claims-trial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York judge will decide<\/a> if voting technology firm <strong>Smartmatic\u2019s<\/strong> defamation lawsuit against <strong>Fox News<\/strong> will go to a full jury trial<\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>Bari Weiss<\/strong> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2025\/dec\/03\/bari-weiss-erika-kirk-cbs-town-hall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">moderate town hall<\/a> on CBS News with Charlie Kirk\u2019s widow <strong>Erika Kirk<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n<li><strong>NBC News<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/12\/02\/nbc-news-digital-subscription\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">launches digital subscription<\/a> product<\/li>\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/news-media-journalism-young-people-attitudes-f94bec50fc266d42d6ae369e7b9fb10e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New study<\/a> explores <strong>teens\u2019 negative feelings<\/strong> toward the news media<\/li>\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcc5\u00a0<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The New York Times<\/strong> is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/12\/04\/nx-s1-5631838\/new-york-times-pentagon-defense-hegseth-lawsuit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suing Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth<\/a> over a new Pentagon policy that prevents media outlets from gathering information unless approved by the <strong>Department of Defense.<\/strong> The Times says the policy limits press freedom. A Pentagon spokesperson said the government \u201clook[s] forward to addressing these arguments in court.\u201d The Times and many other news outlets <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pentagon-press-access-hegseth-trump-restrictions-5d9c2a63e4e03b91fc1546bb09ffbf12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">turned in their press passes<\/a> in October rather than agree to the new policy. And this week, the Pentagon press secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/business\/2025\/12\/02\/pentagon-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">criticized \u201clegacy media\u201d<\/a> in a news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/04\/24\/americans-remain-concerned-about-press-freedoms-but-partisan-views-have-flipped-since-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pew Research Center survey<\/a> conducted from February to March, 77% of Americans said the freedom of the press is extremely or very important to the well-being of society. And an <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/08\/20\/what-do-americans-want-from-their-news-providers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">April survey<\/a> found that about seven-in-ten U.S. adults said they people they get news from definitely (41%) or probably (31%) should keep an eye on powerful people in their daily work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udcca\u00a0<strong>Chart of the week<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This week\u2019s chart is from a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/12\/03\/americans-are-following-the-news-less-closely-than-they-used-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">newly updated Center analysis<\/a> looking at <strong>Americans\u2019 declining attention to news.<\/strong> The share of Americans who say they follow the news all or most of the time has decreased since 2016; <strong>this decline has occurred across all age groups.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The youngest Americans remain consistently less likely than older adults to follow the news<\/strong><strong>,<\/strong> while the oldest adults remain the most likely: 15% of adults under 30 now say they follow the news all or most of the time, compared with 62% of adults 65 and older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-640-wide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/12\/SR_25.12.03_follow-news_2.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>\ud83d\udc4b That&#8217;s all for this week.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Christopher St. Aubin, Emily Tomasik, Joanne Haner and Sawyer Reed. It is edited by Michael Lipka and copy edited by Mia Hennen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Do you like this newsletter? Email us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:journalism@pewresearch.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">journalism@pewresearch.org<\/a> or fill out this <a href=\"https:\/\/us1.list-manage.com\/survey?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=449f3c3d35&amp;attribution=false\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/us1.list-manage.com\/survey?u=434f5d1199912232d416897e4&amp;id=449f3c3d35&amp;attribution=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">two-question survey<\/a> to tell us what you think<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!\u00a0The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today\u2019s email: \ud83d\udd25\u00a0Featured story The Joe Rogan Experience is 2025\u2019s top podcast across Spotify, YouTube and Apple Podcasts \u2013 the sixth straight year Joe Rogan claimed the top spot on Spotify, but the first time he topped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5674,"template":"","meta":{"sub_headline":"","sub_title":"","_prc_public_revisions":[],"_ppp_expiration_hours":0,"_ppp_enabled":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","prc_watchers":[],"footnotes":"","prc_email_subject":"Young Americans' experiences with news","prc_email_preview_text":"Plus, The Joe Rogan Experience is the most popular podcast, White House launches media bias tracker","prc_email_template_slug":"","prc_email_mailchimp_audience_id":"","prc_email_mailchimp_segment_id":"","prc_email_mailchimp_campaign_id":"","prc_email_mailchimp_campaign_admin_url":"","prc_email_mailchimp_campaign_status":"","prc_email_mailchimp_pending_send_at":"","prc_email_mailchimp_delayed_send_cancelled":""},"categories":[],"bylines":[],"prc_newsletter_list":[3083],"_post_visibility":[2643],"formats":[],"workflow-status":[],"class_list":["post-311661","prc_email_campaign","type-prc_email_campaign","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","_post_visibility-hidden-on-index"],"label":"Newsletter","post_parent":0,"word_count":708,"canonical_url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/young-americans-experiences-with-news\/","charts":[],"art_direction":{"A1":{"id":"5674","rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/07\/briefing_featured_image_2-1.png","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/07\/briefing_featured_image_2-1.png?w=564&h=317&crop=1","width":564,"height":317,"chartArt":false},"A2":{"id":"5674","rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/07\/briefing_featured_image_2-1.png","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/07\/briefing_featured_image_2-1.png?w=268&h=151&crop=1","width":268,"height":151,"chartArt":false},"A3":{"id":"5674","rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/07\/briefing_featured_image_2-1.png","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/07\/briefing_featured_image_2-1.png?w=194&h=110&crop=1","width":194,"height":110,"chartArt":false},"A4":{"id":"5674","rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/07\/briefing_featured_image_2-1.png","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/07\/briefing_featured_image_2-1.png?w=268&h=151&crop=1","width":268,"height":151,"chartArt":false},"XL":{"id":"5674","rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/07\/briefing_featured_image_2-1.png","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/07\/briefing_featured_image_2-1.png?w=720&h=405&crop=1","width":720,"height":405,"chartArt":false},"social":{"id":"5674","rawUrl":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/07\/briefing_featured_image_2-1.png","url":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/07\/briefing_featured_image_2-1.png?w=1200&h=628&crop=1","width":1200,"height":628,"chartArt":false}},"_embeds":[],"prc_checklist":{},"watchChildPosts":false,"watchers":[],"table_of_contents":[],"datacite_doi":"","prc_seo_data":{"title":"Young Americans&#039; experiences with news","description":"\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!\u00a0The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today\u2019s email: Featured story: The Joe Rogan Experience tops podcast charts New&hellip;","og_title":"Young Americans&#039; experiences with news","og_description":"","schema_type":"WebPage","noindex":false,"canonical_url":"","primary_terms":[],"custom_schema":[],"og_image":"5674","indexnow_submitted_at":null,"gsc_index_status":{"verdict":"PASS","coverage_state":"Submitted and indexed","robotstxt_state":"ALLOWED","indexing_state":"INDEXING_ALLOWED","last_crawl_time":"2026-06-06T11:54:51Z","page_fetch_state":"SUCCESSFUL","crawled_as":"MOBILE","mobile_verdict":"VERDICT_UNSPECIFIED","mobile_issues":[],"rich_results_verdict":"PASS","rich_results_issues":[],"inspection_link":"https:\/\/search.google.com\/search-console\/inspect?resource_id=sc-domain:pewresearch.org&id=FOJjoGWLsdxEO1uFDRwTtg&utm_medium=link&utm_source=api","fetched_at":1780935386}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prc_email_campaign\/311661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prc_email_campaign"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prc_email_campaign"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prc_email_campaign\/311661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312916,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prc_email_campaign\/311661\/revisions\/312916"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311661"},{"taxonomy":"bylines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bylines?post=311661"},{"taxonomy":"prc_newsletter_list","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prc_newsletter_list?post=311661"},{"taxonomy":"_post_visibility","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_post_visibility?post=311661"},{"taxonomy":"formats","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/formats?post=311661"},{"taxonomy":"workflow-status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/workflow-status?post=311661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}