According to an online survey conducted in 2022 in the United States, 87 percent of journalists said that social media had a very or somewhat positive impact on promoting stories, whilst 79 percent said that it helped them to connect with their audience. Overall, three-quarters of U.S. based journalists said that social media enabled them to identify which stories to cover. However, 67 percent of journalists in the U.S. said that social media had a negative impact on journalism.
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Pew Research Center. (June 14, 2022). Positive impacts of using social media according to journalists in the United States as of March 2022 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/1319148/journalists-positive-impacts-of-social-media-us/
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