An online survey conducted in the United States in November 2021 found that 48 percent of respondents said people have little control over the things they see on social media sites, whilst a third said that users have no control over what they see. Overall, just one in ten respondents stated that they felt social media users had a lot of control over what content they see in their social media news feeds.
Share of adults in the United States who think users have selected degrees of control over the content they see on social media platforms as of November 2021
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Pew Research Center. (March 17, 2022). Share of adults in the United States who think users have selected degrees of control over the content they see on social media platforms as of November 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311478/us-adults-users-control-of-social-media-content/
Pew Research Center. "Share of adults in the United States who think users have selected degrees of control over the content they see on social media platforms as of November 2021." Chart. March 17, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311478/us-adults-users-control-of-social-media-content/
Pew Research Center. (2022). Share of adults in the United States who think users have selected degrees of control over the content they see on social media platforms as of November 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311478/us-adults-users-control-of-social-media-content/
Pew Research Center. "Share of Adults in The United States Who Think Users Have Selected Degrees of Control over The Content They See on Social Media Platforms as of November 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311478/us-adults-users-control-of-social-media-content/
Pew Research Center, Share of adults in the United States who think users have selected degrees of control over the content they see on social media platforms as of November 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311478/us-adults-users-control-of-social-media-content/ (last visited December 11, 2024)
Share of adults in the United States who think users have selected degrees of control over the content they see on social media platforms as of November 2021 [Graph], Pew Research Center, March 17, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1311478/us-adults-users-control-of-social-media-content/