{"id":335155,"date":"2022-10-19T04:50:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T08:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/?post_type=report&#038;p=335155"},"modified":"2023-05-23T15:58:16","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T19:58:16","slug":"news-in-america-public-good-or-private-enterprise","status":"publish","type":"report","link":"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/reports\/news-in-america-public-good-or-private-enterprise\/","title":{"rendered":"American Views 2022: Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"rich-text\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OVERVIEW<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News in America:  Public Good or Private Enterprise?<\/h4>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<p>A robust press is vital to a healthy democracy. But newsrooms need resources to create reliable news that is accessible and free from influence.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<p>Since <a href=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/topics\/trust-media-and-democracy\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/topics\/trust-media-and-democracy\/\">2017,<\/a> Gallup and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation have studied public opinion on the news media\u2019s role in American democracy, with a focus on Americans\u2019 expectations and evaluations of the news in delivering on its civic function of informing the public.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<p>In this report, Gallup and Knight turned their focus to American views on how the news should be sustained. The research underscores the urgency of developing revenue models that will support trustworthy journalism today.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EXECUTIVE SUMMARY<\/h2>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<ul><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<li><strong>Most Americans believe news organizations prioritize their own business needs &#8211; over serving the public interest:<\/strong> More than three in four say news organizations are first and foremost motivated by their own financial interests, while just 12% of Americans say news outlets act as civic institutions first.<em> <\/em><\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2092\" height=\"1119\" src=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure1-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure1-1.png 2092w, https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure1-1.png?resize=768,411 768w, https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure1-1.png?resize=1536,822 1536w, https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure1-1.png?resize=2048,1095 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2092px) 100vw, 2092px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<ul><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<li><strong>Despite Americans\u2019 emphasis on the media\u2019s commercial nature, seven in 10 Americans say they have never paid for news<\/strong>. In addition, only 17% of Americans said they would pay to access news in the future.<em> <\/em><\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1659\" height=\"881\" src=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure12.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure12.png 1659w, https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure12.png?resize=768,408 768w, https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure12.png?resize=1536,816 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1659px) 100vw, 1659px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<ul><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<li><strong>More than half (52%) believe advertising should be a news organization\u2019s largest revenue source,<\/strong> even though digital ad revenue fails to cover the losses many news organizations are seeing from other revenue streams.<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1897\" height=\"1897\" src=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure28_opt2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure28_opt2.png 1897w, https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure28_opt2.png?resize=350,350 350w, https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure28_opt2.png?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure28_opt2.png?resize=1536,1536 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1897px) 100vw, 1897px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<ul><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<li><strong>Americans, particularly Gen Z and millennials, do show an openness to public funding and reliance on private donations as a way to support the news. <\/strong>More than half of Americans are open to government funding and private donations for news organizations to ensure the news is free for everyone, under certain conditions.<em> <\/em><\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2108\" height=\"2108\" src=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure21_opt2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure21_opt2.png 2108w, https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure21_opt2.png?resize=350,350 350w, https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure21_opt2.png?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure21_opt2.png?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure21_opt2.png?resize=2048,2048 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2108px) 100vw, 2108px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<ul><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<li><strong>Events and newsletters could be a promising revenue source<\/strong>: 35% of Americans saying it is reasonable for news organizations to charge people for in-person events and an additional 20% saying \u201cit depends.\u201d Twenty-seven percent say it\u2019s reasonable to charge for newsletters, and 23% for exclusive content.<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2094\" height=\"2094\" src=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure29_opt2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-335229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure29_opt2.png 2094w, https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure29_opt2.png?resize=350,350 350w, https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure29_opt2.png?resize=768,768 768w, https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure29_opt2.png?resize=1536,1536 1536w, https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Figure29_opt2.png?resize=2048,2048 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2094px) 100vw, 2094px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/American-Views-2022-Part-1-Executive-Summary.pdf\">Download Executive Summary<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/American-Views-2022-pt1.pdf\">Download Full Report<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"rich-text\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<div data-background-color=\"white\" data-layout=\"column\" class=\"module module--type--three-up post-block three-up--background-color--white layout-column stacked-view\"><div class=\"inner\"><div class=\"inner-block__container\">\n<div data-background-color=\"transparent\" data-text-align=\"left\" data-program-id=\"2400\" data-image-visible=\"true\" data-pa-visible=\"true\" class=\"module module--type--post-block post-block\"><div class=\"post-block__image\"><a class=\"post-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/reports\/american-views-2023-part-2\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Gallup-pt2-header.png?w=350&amp;h=240&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"352231\" data-size=\"third-card\"\/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"post-block__program-area\" data-visible=\"true\"><a class=\"post-block__program-link program-area--background-color--blue\" data-program-area=\"journalism\" data-theme=\"blue\" href=\"\/programs\/\">Journalism<\/a><\/div><div class=\"post-block__inner\"><div class=\"post-block__type\" data-visible=\"true\">report<\/div><h3 class=\"post-block__title\"><a class=\"post-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/reports\/american-views-2023-part-2\/\">American Views 2022: Part 2, Trust Media and Democracy<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"post-block__published\" data-visible=\"true\" data-date=\"2023-02-15T04:00:00\">February 15, 2023<\/div><a class=\"post-block__cta-cover\" 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data-date=\"2020-08-04T00:30:00\">August 4, 2020<\/div><a class=\"post-block__cta-cover\" href=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/reports\/american-views-2020-trust-media-and-democracy\/\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">American Views 2020: Trust, Media and Democracy<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-background-color=\"transparent\" data-text-align=\"left\" data-program-id=\"2400\" data-image-visible=\"true\" data-pa-visible=\"true\" class=\"module module--type--post-block post-block\"><div class=\"post-block__image\"><a class=\"post-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/press\/releases\/most-americans-think-money-comes-before-mission-at-u-s-news-organizations-according-to-a-new-gallup-knight-study\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Gallup-header.png?w=350&amp;h=240&amp;crop=1\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"335169\" data-size=\"third-card\"\/><\/a><\/div><div class=\"post-block__program-area\" data-visible=\"true\"><a class=\"post-block__program-link program-area--background-color--blue\" data-program-area=\"journalism\" data-theme=\"blue\" href=\"\/programs\/\">Journalism<\/a><\/div><div class=\"post-block__inner\"><div class=\"post-block__type\" data-visible=\"true\">press release<\/div><h3 class=\"post-block__title\"><a class=\"post-block__link\" href=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/press\/releases\/most-americans-think-money-comes-before-mission-at-u-s-news-organizations-according-to-a-new-gallup-knight-study\/\">Most Americans think money comes before mission at U.S. news organizations, according to a New Gallup\/Knight study<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"post-block__published\" data-visible=\"true\" data-date=\"2022-10-19T04:50:00\">October 19, 2022<\/div><a class=\"post-block__cta-cover\" href=\"https:\/\/knightfoundation.org\/press\/releases\/most-americans-think-money-comes-before-mission-at-u-s-news-organizations-according-to-a-new-gallup-knight-study\/\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Most Americans think money comes before mission at U.S. news organizations, according to a New Gallup\/Knight study<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"inner-block__footer\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div data-background-color=\"white\" data-layout=\"column\" class=\"module module--type--three-up post-block three-up--background-color--white layout-column\"><div class=\"inner\"><header><h2 class=\"three-up-post-grid__heading\">In the News<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"inner-block__container\">\n<div data-background-color=\"transparent\" data-text-align=\"left\" data-program-id=\"0\" data-image-visible=\"true\" data-pa-visible=\"true\" class=\"module module--type--post-block post-block\"><div class=\"post-block__image\"><a class=\"post-block__link\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2022\/06\/09\/why-younger-users-may-shake-up-debate-social-media-regulation\/\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Analysis | Why younger users may shake up the debate on social media regulation<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-background-color=\"transparent\" data-text-align=\"left\" data-program-id=\"0\" data-image-visible=\"true\" data-pa-visible=\"true\" class=\"module module--type--post-block post-block\"><div class=\"post-block__inner\"><a class=\"post-block__cta-cover\" href=\"\" role=\"button\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-background-color=\"transparent\" data-text-align=\"left\" data-program-id=\"0\" data-image-visible=\"true\" data-pa-visible=\"true\" class=\"module module--type--post-block post-block\"><div class=\"post-block__inner\"><a class=\"post-block__cta-cover\" href=\"\" role=\"button\"><span 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A robust press is vital to a healthy democracy. But newsrooms need resources to create reliable news that is accessible and free from influence.&nbsp; Since 2017, Gallup and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation have studied public opinion on the news media\u2019s role in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":335169,"template":"","meta":{"knight_foundation_app_header_links":[],"knight_foundation_app_newsletter_config":"","knight_foundation_app_open_graph_description":"In this report, Gallup and Knight turned their focus to American views on how the news should be sustained. 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