First....
There Are Big Differences Between
Republicans and Republicans Who Watch Fox News
·
On almost every
category of political and social importance, Republicans and the smaller set of
Republicans who watch Fox News have significantly differing opinions and
understandings of the world, a recent study shows.
The June 2014 study comes courtesy the Public Religion Research
Institute/Brookings Institute and ostensibly focuses on opinions on immigration
reform. But the most interesting numbers include the impact of Fox News on
shaping the reform debate.
According to the
surveys, "Only 42% of
Republicans who most trust Fox News to provide accurate information about politics and current events support a path
to citizenship, compared to 60% of Republicans who most trust other news sources."
Overall, 51 percent of Republicans support creating a path to citizenship,
giving a nine percentage point edge in each direction depending on whether the
respondent goes to Fox for their news.
That Fox News-infused
opinion isn't just seen on immigration reform, though. On almost every polling
question ? raising the minimum wage, gay marriage, Obama's approval ?
Republicans who trust Fox News above other sources had less progressive views
than those who most trusted another TV news source.
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Survey: NPR's listeners best-informed, Fox viewers worst-informed
Updated
May 23, 2012
7:58 am
Fairleigh Dickinson University
People who watch no news at all can answer more questions about
international current events than people who watch cable news, a survey
by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind finds.
People who watch MSNBC and CNN exclusively can answer more questions
about domestic events than people who watch no news at all. People who
only watch Fox did much worse. NPR listeners answered more questions
correctly than people in any other category.
The survey of 1185 random people conducted by landline and cell phone in early February follows a similar FDU poll conducted last November.
Each respondent was asked four of eight questions, which are at the
bottom of this post. "On average, people were able to answer correctly
1.8 of 4 questions about international news, and 1.6 of 5 questions
about domestic affairs," the report says. Here's the breakdown by
viewing habits.
The report explains:
Interestingly, the results of the poll controlled for partisanship.
MSNBC, Fox and talk radio consumers answered more questions correctly
when their political views aligned with those of the outlets they
preferred. Moderates and liberals who watched only Fox did worse than
conservatives who watched it. This mirrored the results at MSNBC, where a
conservative viewer could be expected to answer an average of .71
international questions correctly, for example, and a liberal viewer
could be expected to answer 1.89 questions correctly. "None of the other
news media had effects that depended on ideology," says the report.
"On average, people were able to
answer correctly 1.8 of 4 questions about international news, and 1.6 of
5 questions about domestic affairs," but depending on the match between
ideology and viewing habits, the score could be lower or higher.
FDU political scientist Dan Cassino said the results show
"Ideological news sources, like Fox and MSNBC, are really just talking
to one audience . This is solid evidence that if you're not in that
audience, you're not going to get anything out of watching them."
News organizations' tone and allocation of resources also apparently
affected respondents' abilities to answer questions. NPR has as many
domestic bureaus as foreign ones; its listeners did best on questions
about international events. "Daily Show" viewers were next. On domestic
questions, people who watched Sunday news shows did nearly as well as
NPR listeners.
Questions: (all but the first two were open-ended)
? To the best of your knowledge, have the opposition groups protesting in Egypt been successful in removing Hosni Mubarak?
? How about the opposition groups in Syria? Have they been successful in removing Bashar al-Assad?
? Some countries in Europe are deeply in debt, and have had to be bailed
out by other countries. To the best of your knowledge, which country
has had to spend the most money to bail out European countries?
? There have been increasing talks about economic sanctions against Iran. What are these sanctions supposed to do?
? Which party has the most seats in the House of Representatives right now?
? In December, House Republicans agreed to a short-term extension of a
payroll tax cut, but only if President Obama agreed to do what?
? It took a long time to get the final results of the Iowa caucuses for
Republican candidates. In the end, who was declared the winner?
? How about the New Hampshire Primary? Which Republican won that race?
? According to official figures, about what percentage of Americans are currently unemployed?
4. A 2010 Stanford University survey found "more exposure to Fox News was
associated with more rejection of many mainstream scientists' claims
about global warming, [and] with less trust in scientists".
A 2011 Kaiser Family Foundation survey on U.S. misperceptions about
health care reform found that Fox News viewers had a poorer
understanding of the new laws and were more likely to believe in
falsehoods about the Affordable Care Act such as cuts to Medicare benefits and the death panel myth. A 2010 Ohio State University study of public misperceptions about the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque", officially named Park51
found that viewers who relied on Fox News were 66% more likely to
believe incorrect rumors than those with a "low reliance" on Fox News.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_Channel_controversies#cite_note-74
There Are Big Differences Between
Republicans and Republicans Who Watch Fox News
·
On almost every
category of political and social importance, Republicans and the smaller set of
Republicans who watch Fox News have significantly differing opinions and
understandings of the world, a recent study shows.
The June 2014 study comes courtesy the Public Religion Research
Institute/Brookings Institute and ostensibly focuses on opinions on immigration
reform. But the most interesting numbers include the impact of Fox News on
shaping the reform debate.
According to the
surveys, "Only 42% of
Republicans who most trust Fox News to provide accurate information about politics and current events support a path
to citizenship, compared to 60% of Republicans who most trust other news sources."
Overall, 51 percent of Republicans support creating a path to citizenship,
giving a nine percentage point edge in each direction depending on whether the
respondent goes to Fox for their news.
That Fox News-infused
opinion isn't just seen on immigration reform, though. On almost every polling
question ? raising the minimum wage, gay marriage, Obama's approval ?
Republicans who trust Fox News above other sources had less progressive views
than those who most trusted another TV news source.
2.....
Survey: NPR's listeners best-informed, Fox viewers worst-informed
Updated
May 23, 2012
7:58 am
Fairleigh Dickinson University
People who watch no news at all can answer more questions about
international current events than people who watch cable news, a survey
by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind finds.
People who watch MSNBC and CNN exclusively can answer more questions
about domestic events than people who watch no news at all. People who
only watch Fox did much worse. NPR listeners answered more questions
correctly than people in any other category.
The survey of 1185 random people conducted by landline and cell phone in early February follows a similar FDU poll conducted last November.
Each respondent was asked four of eight questions, which are at the
bottom of this post. "On average, people were able to answer correctly
1.8 of 4 questions about international news, and 1.6 of 5 questions
about domestic affairs," the report says. Here's the breakdown by
viewing habits.
The report explains:
Interestingly, the results of the poll controlled for partisanship.
MSNBC, Fox and talk radio consumers answered more questions correctly
when their political views aligned with those of the outlets they
preferred. Moderates and liberals who watched only Fox did worse than
conservatives who watched it. This mirrored the results at MSNBC, where a
conservative viewer could be expected to answer an average of .71
international questions correctly, for example, and a liberal viewer
could be expected to answer 1.89 questions correctly. "None of the other
news media had effects that depended on ideology," says the report.
"On average, people were able to answer correctly 1.8 of 4 questions about international news, and 1.6 of
5 questions about domestic affairs," but depending on the match between
ideology and viewing habits, the score could be lower or higher.
FDU political scientist Dan Cassino said the results show
"Ideological news sources, like Fox and MSNBC, are really just talking
to one audience . This is solid evidence that if you're not in that
audience, you're not going to get anything out of watching them."
News organizations' tone and allocation of resources also apparently
affected respondents' abilities to answer questions. NPR has as many
domestic bureaus as foreign ones; its listeners did best on questions
about international events. "Daily Show" viewers were next. On domestic
questions, people who watched Sunday news shows did nearly as well as
NPR listeners.
Questions: (all but the first two were open-ended)
? To the best of your knowledge, have the opposition groups protesting in Egypt been successful in removing Hosni Mubarak?
? How about the opposition groups in Syria? Have they been successful in removing Bashar al-Assad?
? Some countries in Europe are deeply in debt, and have had to be bailed
out by other countries. To the best of your knowledge, which country
has had to spend the most money to bail out European countries?
? There have been increasing talks about economic sanctions against Iran. What are these sanctions supposed to do?
? Which party has the most seats in the House of Representatives right now?
? In December, House Republicans agreed to a short-term extension of a
payroll tax cut, but only if President Obama agreed to do what?
? It took a long time to get the final results of the Iowa caucuses for
Republican candidates. In the end, who was declared the winner?
? How about the New Hampshire Primary? Which Republican won that race?
? According to official figures, about what percentage of Americans are currently unemployed?
4. A 2010 Stanford University survey found "more exposure to Fox News was
associated with more rejection of many mainstream scientists' claims
about global warming, [and] with less trust in scientists".
A 2011 Kaiser Family Foundation survey on U.S. misperceptions about
health care reform found that Fox News viewers had a poorer
understanding of the new laws and were more likely to believe in
falsehoods about the Affordable Care Act such as cuts to Medicare benefits and the death panel myth. A 2010 Ohio State University study of public misperceptions about the so-called "Ground Zero Mosque", officially named Park51
found that viewers who relied on Fox News were 66% more likely to
believe incorrect rumors than those with a "low reliance" on Fox News.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_News_Channel_controversies#cite_note-74
