Americans More Engaged with Science News Than in 2017

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Americans More Engaged with Science News Than in 2017

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The outbreak of COVID has kept everyone across the globe constantly engaged with news about science, vaccines, and such. 


Pew Research Center provides evidence that science news plays a prominent role in public life, and that “Americans are now paying more attention to science news.” According to Pew, in a December 2021 study, 56% of U.S. adults report that science is one of the leading news topics spoken of a few times a month. Out of the 56%, 24% say that science news is talked about at least a couple of times every week. The remaining 43% said they talk about scientific news less often. In 2017, Pew experimented with this same survey, and only 44% of U.S. adults had been indulging in talking about scientific matters.


We’ve seen that science is a trending topic as of late, but it doesn’t mean that people paint it in a good light. 76% of Americans are expressing frustration over the partisanship regarding scientific information released by the press. Pew states that “when following science news, they’ve felt frustrated that there is so much political disagreement in this area.”


A separate Pew survey shows that in 2022, partisan disagreement is one of the major issues Americans think has contributed to the problems the U.S. has faced regarding the COVID outbreaks.


Not all of the reactions Americans have are negative, as 58% of them have felt amazed by scientific developments and reassured that knowledge is “continually being updated when following science news and information.”


Due to many clashing sources and information, 57% of Americans still express confusion with scientific news. Half of Americans feel they should be keeping up to date with new scientific developments even more than the U.S. is as of now, but 48% disagree with this thought.


Do you feel more engaged with scientific news, too?


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by Matthew Moon

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