How Users Find, Share and React to News on Facebook

The Pew Research Center has released a study, in collaboration with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, on how Facebook users interact with news on the platform.

The study found that while the majority of users still flock to the social media site to check up on family and stalk photos of their high school classmates weddings, this inevitably leads to news sharing. However, 16% of users reported being bothered when contacts post the news, even more bothersome are political agenda comments. 

Some other stats: 

  • 75% report that the news they click on through Facebook is news they’ve already encountered, and only 4% report it as their primary news source.
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