Heavy Social Media Use Tied to Lower Support for Democracy
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April 2, 2026
Clocking five-plus hours a day on social media may leave Americans feeling more politically powerful, all while cooling their enthusiasm for democracy. That's one takeaway from a Gallup and Charles F. Kettering Foundation survey of more than 20,000 US adults, which found that heavy social media users are more...
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