Online news sites are now the third most-popular source of news for American consumers, behind only local and national television news, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and the Project for Excellence in Journalism. Roughly six in 10 American adults get news online on a typical day, while 71 percent of Americans get news online at least occasionally, the report found. National print newspapers, local print newspapers and radio all fall behind online news in typical consumption habits.
News 'Grazers' Increasingly Drifting to Online, Mobile Pastures
Posted by: Katherine Noyes March 1, 2010 02:08 PMOnline news sites are now the third most-popular source of news for American consumers, behind only local and national television news, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project and the Project for Excellence in Journalism. Roughly six in 10 American adults get news online on a typical day, while 71 percent of Americans get news online at least occasionally, the report found. National print newspapers, local print newspapers and radio all fall behind online news in typical consumption habits.