More People Get News
From Web Than TV Or
Print
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.
Interestingly, those who
rely on the web heavily
for news were as likely
as consumers of more
traditional media to buy
weekly magazines such as
the New Yorker, the
survey of 3,600 adults
found.
Among the study's other
findings was that the
proportion of young
people (under 25 years)
who did not access any
news on a typical day
grew by more than a
third - from 25 per cent
to 34 per cent over the
past ten years.
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