Where Most Of Us Get Our News

[Frank W. Baker]

More than half of all Americans use the Internet as  their primary news source, a new study has found, with one third of adult  Americans getting their news from social networks more than any other outlet.

An increasing number of all Americans use the Internet as their primary news  source, a new study has found, with one third of adult Americans getting their  news from social networks more than any other outlet. Is this a victory for the  power of social media, or a sad commentary on the ineptitude of “regular” news  media?

The Pew Research Center released the study Trends in News Consumption: 1991-2012  yesterday, tracking the ways in which readers and viewers receive  information about current affairs over the last twenty-one years. The report  backs up the long-held belief that the rise of the Internet has been felt most  dramatically in print media, and print newspapers in particular, and  demonstrates that television news reporting looks set to be affected in a  similar way very soon, with the first signs already visible.

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