2015-04-27-皮尤-What_the_Public_Knows_—_In_Pictures,_Words,_Maps_and_Graphs_16页_652kb

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Overall Performance: Americans correctly answered an average of 8 out of 12 news knowledge questions.
High Knowledge Areas: Respondents demonstrated strong factual knowledge on questions involving figures (MLK, Kim Jong-un, Malala) and topics like health insurance reporting on taxes, Guantanamo Bay's location, and the US re-establishing relations with Cuba.
Lower Knowledge Areas: Questions related to US politics proved challenging, with low correct rates for identifying Elizabeth Warren and understanding the Senate's partisan balance.
Generational Differences: Millennials (18-34) scored lower than older generations on several political and factual knowledge questions but scored similarly or higher than other groups on recognition of MLK and geography questions.
Educational Differences: Educational attainment strongly correlated with knowledge: Postgraduates scored highest (average 10 correct), while high school degree or lower received the lowest scores (average 7 correct). The largest education gap was evident on Pope Francis' native country facts.
Partisan Differences: Republicans scored slightly higher than Democrats on factual questions (overall average 7.9 vs 7.9), particularly on mapping pipelines and locating Guantanamo Bay. Ideological polarization also correlated with Senate knowledge.
Political Engagement: More individuals who reported voting in the 2014 midterms demonstrated knowledge of the Senate composition.

Identifying Elizabeth Warren: A significant portion across age groups, education levels, and parties struggled to recognize her from photos.
Senate Partisan Balance: Only 52% overall and lower percentages in specific demographics correctly identified the Senate composition from visual aids.
Women on Supreme Court: Only one-third (33%) knew the correct number (three) of female justices.

Data collected via the Pew Research Center's American Trends Panel (ATP) between March 10 and April 6, 2015 (N=3,147).
A multiple-choice News IQ quiz (12 questions) was administered, covering geography, history, politics, law, and economics.
Analysis incorporated weighting to match US demographic parameters and reported margin of sampling error.

Sources are based on the referenced Pew Research report findings presented in document detail.

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