{"id":15562,"date":"2013-07-25T00:01:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-25T05:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/respect-for-journalists-contributions-has-fallen-significantly-in-recent-years\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:30:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:30:06","slug":"respect-for-journalists-contributions-has-fallen-significantly-in-recent-years","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/07\/25\/respect-for-journalists-contributions-has-fallen-significantly-in-recent-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Respect for journalists\u2019 contributions has fallen significantly in recent years"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/uploadedImages\/Topics\/Demographics\/Other_Demographics\/jobs-7.png\" width=\"290\" height=\"453\"><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The business of news has itself become news, with <a href=\"http:\/\/articles.chicagotribune.com\/2013-05-30\/business\/chi-chicago-sun-times-photo-20130530_1_chicago-sun-times-photo-staff-video\">shrinking newsrooms<\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/04\/14\/opinion\/sunday\/douthat-media-balance-and-bias.html\">questions about media bias<\/a> making headlines. And in recent years, the public image of journalists and their perceived contribution to society has declined, according to\u00a0a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/religion\/Other-Demographics\/Public-Esteem-for-Military-Still-High.aspx#journalists\">recent Pew Research Center report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just 28% of American adults believe journalists contribute \u201ca lot\u201d to society\u2019s well-being. About the same percentage (27%) think journalists contribute \u201cnot very much\u201d or \u201cnothing at all,\u201d while 42% of Americans think journalists contribute \u201csome\u201d to society.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The survey asked Americans to rate the contributions of 10 occupational groups, and only business executives and lawyers received lower marks than journalists. Members of the military and teachers topped the list, with 78% and 72%, respectively, saying these professions contribute \u201ca lot\u201d to society\u2019s well-being.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Compared with other professions, journalists dropped the most (10 percentage points) in public esteem since 2009, when 38% of Americans said journalists contributed \u201ca lot\u201d to society.<!--more--><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most significant change in opinion occurred among women. Today, 29% of American women think journalists contribute \u201ca lot\u201d to society, a 17-point decrease from 2009.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decline in the perceived contribution of journalists cuts across partisan lines.\u00a0Both Democrats (including Democratic-leaning independents) as well as Republicans (including Republican-leaning independents) are less likely today than in 2009 to say journalists contribute \u201ca lot\u201d to society\u2019s well-being. The share of Democrats and Democratic-leaners who say journalists contribute \u201ca lot\u201d to society dropped 10 percentage points, and the percentage of Republicans and Republican-leaners who say the same dropped eight points.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About three-in-ten Americans say journalists contribute \u201ca lot\u201d to society\u2019s well-being, a 10-percentage-point drop from four years 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