（Boston Orange編譯）亞裔美國人促進正義會（AAJC）上週於華府（D.C.）發佈《匯聚曝光與分歧體驗》報告，首度證實亞裔族群的新聞消費習慣與美國主流大眾截然不同，且深受族裔、移民世代與語言能力影響。
該研究報告由AAJC和密西根大學資訊學院合作，訪談 2,000 人，填補了過去全國性研究缺乏亞裔社群獨立數據的空白，也深入探討了 AANHPI（亞裔、夏威夷原住民及太平洋島民）社群由於文化背景的差異，對於「文化相關新聞」的需求強烈。
在防範假訊息上，研究呈現出有趣對比：英語流利度較高者，雖然接觸到網路假新聞的頻率更高，但普遍對能否識別真偽更有信心；然而和一般人想像得不一樣的是，教育程度較高的受訪者，反而顯得比較沒信心。此外，年齡也是影響個體對假訊息擔憂程度的關鍵因素。
AAJC的 科技、電信與媒體政策高級總監Lia Nitake強調，掌握這些真實數據，能打破過去將亞裔社群單一化看待的假設，對於未來制定公民參與和數位識讀課程至關重要。
這研究延伸自 2025 年 4 月發布的焦點小組報告。面對現今地方媒體式微與人工智慧（AI）科技的衝擊，AAJC表示未來將持續深入研究，保護 AANHPI 社群免受網路惡意敘事與數位威脅的侵害。
Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC Releases New Report on Media Consumption Among Asian Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – AAJC (Advancing Justice – AAJC), in conjunction with our partners at the University of Michigan School of Information, released findings from quantitative research exploring how members of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community consume online information: Converging Exposures, Divergent Experiences: Asian Americans, News and Information Seeking, and the Circulation of Problematic Narratives Online.
There exists very limited formal research into how the information consumption habits of AANHPI communities differ those of the broader American public, as most national studies are conducted exclusively in English and often do not contain high enough proportions of Asian Americans for this group to be listed as a separate demographic category. This study shares findings from a multilingual survey of 2,000 individuals nationwide, 1,750 of whom who self-identified as Asian American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islanders, and provides important baseline research for how AAHNPI communities access news online. It builds off findings from a related focus group report, Beyond Language Translation, published in April 2025. This latest study found that:
• Asian Americans’ media diets are distinct from those of the general U.S. population and are greatly shaped by ethnicity and immigrant generation, language preference, and, at times, language proficiency. As such, there is a great desire among Asian Americans for more culturally-relevant news sources.
• Experiences with, and exposure to, misinformation among Asian Americans were similar to those of the general U.S. population, with some exceptions. While all respondents reported moderate to high exposure to made-up news, higher rates of English-language proficiency correlated with higher exposure rates as well as higher confidence in recognizing made-up news.
• Age, language, education, immigrant generation, and race/ethnicity (especially Asian American vs. NHPI), greatly shaped levels of concern as well as individual attitudes and behaviors. Those with more English-language proficiency tended to be more confident in addressing misinformation concerns, whereas those with more education were less confident, nonintuitively. Age also proved to be a significant factor in concern levels and attributing responsibility to various institutions.
“Understanding the online media consumption patterns of communities is critical for everything from shaping civic engagement strategies to crafting digital literacy curriculum. Until now, there has not existed data-driven research focusing on how the broader AANHPI community across generations, ethnic groups, and English-language abilities consume information and engage with harmful online narratives,” said Lia Nitake, Senior Director of Technology, Telecommunications and Media Policy at Advancing Justice – AAJC. “This study allowed us to better understand the experiences of individuals who are often overlooked or homogenized and test assumption often made off of anecdotal evidence and personal experiences.”
With local news outlets increasingly under threat and artificial intelligence tools fundamentally changing how individual access information, we look forward to continuing work that explores how to best safeguard AANHPIs from misinformation and other digital threats.
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