Do sources of information differ by political orientation? All three groups reported using social media and television news more often than other news media sources, approximately weekly on average.
Liberals reported using magazines and newspapers (online and offline) more often than moderates and conservatives.
What do we make of this? Why might liberals be utilizing magazines and newspapers more than the other groups? The difference we found was small, however, recent research shows that mainstream outlets began targeting liberal readers more concertedly around 2011 (Goldberg, 2020).
