ABSTRACT
Social media has become mainstream media in recent years. According the Pew Research Center (2019), the percentage of US adults who used at least one social media platform every day went from 5% in 2005 to nearly 75% in 2019. In the United States, social media has become a source of news for a majority of Americans. About two-thirds of Americans (68%) reported getting news from social media in 2018. Among young adults, more people reported getting news from social media than from traditional media outlets such as TV and newspapers.
