Posted on 08/20/2008 1:57:47 AM PDT by Schnucki
Only a quarter of Americans now pick up a newspaper daily - whereas 37 per cent go online for news, according to a study
The web is now a more important source of news for most Americans than either newspapers or free-to-air television.
Only just over a quarter of Americans - 27 per cent - picked up a newspaper on any given day, whereas well over a third - 37 per cent - regularly go online for news, according to a report.
Only cable television remains more popular, with 39 per cent regularly tuning in to bulletins on a subscription service - up from 34 per cent two years ago, the Pew Research Centre survey found.
When combined with newspaper websites, just over a third - 34 per cent - of people read 'newspaper content' on any given day, but that was down from 40 per cent on two years ago. By comparison, the percentage who went online for news rose from 31 per cent to 37 per cent.
The percentage who watched a nightly news bulletin on the TV fell from 34 per cent to 29 per cent over the past four years.
(Excerpt) Read more at technology.timesonline.co.uk ...
There’s an inherent difference between getting news from alphabetical stations and from the internet/cable. The former usually don’t give much choice as what news the viewers have to chew. The latter, however, is more focused, and people can choose their news. As a result, as more people get their news from internet/cable, the country will be more polarized.
Good, as long as they don’t read the online versions of the MSM.
Unfortunately, one must read their tripe to put out the whole story or the truth.
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