In Busy News Week, No Single Story Stands Out for Public % following each story very closely
Roughly one-in-four (27%) very closely followed news last week about the police shooting of African American teenager Michael Brown and subsequent protests in Ferguson, Missouri. Several other stories garnered similar interest, including the death of actor Robin Williams (27%) and news about the Ebola outbreak in Africa (25%). Similar shares also tracked news about U.S. airstrikes in Iraq (23%) and the situation between Russia and Ukraine (22%).
In Busy News Week, No Single Story  | Stands Out for Public  | % following each story very closely  | Police shooting and  | 27  | protests in Ferguson MO  | Death of Robin Williams  | 27  | 25  | Ebola outbreak in Africa  | USS airstrikes in Iraq  | 23  | Russia-Ukraine situation  | 22  | Survey conducted August14-17 2014.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 