Hollywood Followed Seen as Most Unfriendly Toward Scientists Religion, Hollywood Followed Seen by News Unfriendly Media and Toward Scientists Religion, Friendly Neutral Unfriendly
Political and religious differences are somewhat less stark, but still apparent, in views of how friendly the media and scientists are toward religion. Pluralities of independents and Democrats say the media and scientists are neutral to religion. But majorities of Republicans (51%) and white evangelical Protestants (52%) in the survey say the news media are unfriendly toward religion. And almost half of weekly worship attenders say the media are unfriendly toward religion (46%), compared with 29% among those who attend religious services less often. Republicans, evangelicals, black Protestants and weekly churchgoers also stand out compared with other groups for viewing scientists as unfriendly toward religion.
Hollywood Followed Seen as Most Unfriendly Toward Scientists Religion,  | Hollywood Followed Seen by News Unfriendly Media and Toward Scientists Religion,  | Friendly Neutral Unfriendly  | Hollywood  | News media  | Scientists  | 14  | 17  | Total U.S 34  | 47  | 47  | 35  | 35  | 47  | 6  | 6  | Republican 19  | 33  | 38  | 51  | 67  | 8  | 12  | 14  | Independent 35  | 42  | 45  | 48  | 37  | 19  | 15  | Democrat 45  | 51  | 44  | 30  | 31  | 22  | 6  | White evangelical Prot  | 32  | 52  | 10  | White mainline Prot 33  | 48  | 49  | 32  | 48  | 30  | 12  | 11  | 15  | Black Protestant 45  | 46  | 33  | 37  | 33  | 9  | 15  | 10  | White non-Hisp Cath 35  | 42  | 46  | 51  | 37  | 316  | 18  | 15  | 19  | Unaffiliated 42  | 50  | 48  | 27  | 24  | 22  | Attend  | 8  | 10  | 17  | Weekly 25  | 35  | 36  | 61  | 46  | 12  | 13  | 15  | Less often 40  | 4  | 47  | 39  | 29  | 31  | Q250e-g 