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State of the Facts 2026

Public trust in information from the federal government has declined across a range of major issues compared with 2024.

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The Evolving News Landscape: Comparing Media Habits and Trust Between Teens and Adults

Older adults are more likely to show stronger confidence in traditional news outlets while teens and young adults distribute trust more evenly across traditional outlets and alternative sources of information like independent creators.

News and Media

Media Insight Project Expands With New Partners

Northwestern University and the University of Maryland Join Ongoing Effort with the American Press Institute and the AP-NORC Center to Advance Research on News, Media, and Democracy April 15th, 2026 — The Media Insight Project, a collaboration of the American Press Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research since 2014, announced today…

Culture and Society

Closed captioning on? It’s a generational thing

A third often use subtitles or closed captioning when watching movies or television. Younger adults are more likely than older adults to regularly do so.