September 14, 2010
Americans have more ways to obtain news than ever before, and we’re spending more time with news now than during much of the past decade, according to a report from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. In terms of news consumption, digital platforms are making up for slightly smaller audiences on traditional platforms, and people continue to receive news from both. Roughly a third of Americans went online for news, which was about even with those who heard the news via radio, but slightly higher than those read daily newspapers. Additionally, 44 percent of Americans say that they received news through Internet and mobile sources by cell phones, e-mail, social networks and podcasts.
The proportion of Americans obtaining news from traditional media like television, radio and print has been stable or edging downward during the last few years, the report finds.
But there isn’t an overall decline in the percentage watching news on television, and three-quarters of Americans still receive news from print newspapers and radio. Rather than replacing traditional news platforms, digital technologies are becoming part of the mix in Americans’ news-consumption habits. Only 9 percent got news solely through Internet and mobile technology — without also using traditional sources — according to the Pew report.
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