Considering that you're currently online and reading news, you probably won't be shocked to hear that websites are now officially more popular than newspapers as a source of news in the U.S. That puts the Internet in third place for news, behind local TV stations and national television networks according to a study from Pew Research Center's Internet and American Life Project. TV news still tops the list, but almost 60% of Americans now get their news from a combination of online and offline sources. Those online sources include the web versions of newspapers, so although the print newspaper is clearly lagging behind web-based news, things aren't as awful for newspaper publishers as that makes them sound.
Mobile sites are starting to break into the news market in a big way, too. 33% of Americans reported that they read news on their phones. I think it's a safe bet that the rise of the iPhone and Android devices had a little something to do with that. Pew also found that Americans are participating in the news process in large numbers. 37% had blogged, commented on, Facebooked or tweeted a news story.
The overall effect is that people think that the increasing spread of online news makes staying informed both easier (55%) and overwhelming (70%). Perhaps that explains why 21% say they rely on just one online news source.
[via Ars Technica]
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