African-Americans: most interesting news topics 2014

The graph shows which news topics African-Americans were passionate about in the United States as of February 2014. With a share of 18 percent, 'politics and government' was placed at the top of the list, whereas Health care issues or civil rights seemed the least important, ranking at one percent share.

What are the news topics you are really passionate about?

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Politics and government	18%
Local stories	16%
Traffic and weather	9%
Sports	9%
Public safety and crime	8%
International news	7%
Business, financial and economic	6%
Science and technology	4%
All news (non-specific)	3%
Current events	3%
News about African-American community	3%
Social issues (abortion/gay marriage, etc.)	2%
Health and medicine	2%
Entertainment and celebrities	2%
Positive news/human interest	2%
Schools and education	2%
Environment	1%
National security/military/terrorism	1%
Civil rights/civil liberties	1%
Health care issues	1%
Other	1%

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Release date

September 2014

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Region

United States

Survey time period

January 9 to February 16, 2014

Number of respondents

297 respondents

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

Multiple answers were possible.
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Next, thinking about the types of news that you do pay attention to, what is a topic that you are really passionate about?"

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