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How often do you use the media, including television, newspapers, radio and the internet, to get political news or information?
Frequency of using media for political news · Asked in 2 waves, 2014–2024 · 2,906 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2024).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Several times a day | Once a day | 5-6 days a week | 3-4 days a week | 1-2 days a week | Less than 1 day a week |
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| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2024 | 2024-04-05 to 2024-12-02 | mixed | 3,309 | 1,642 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 1,264 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2024).
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| Never |
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| n |
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| MoE |
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| All respondents | 39% | 19% | 6% | 8% | 9% | 11% | 7% | 1642 | ±3 | |
| White | 40% | 20% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 11% | 6% | 1108 | ±4 | |
| Black | 38% | 18% | 6% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 294 | ±8 | |
| Other races | 40% | 18% | 8% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 8% | 209 | ±8 |
General Social Survey 2024 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.