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Online News Overtakes Radio, Print

But television news remains most popular according to Pew study

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 1, 2010 4:15 PM CST

(Newser) – More Americans get their news today from Internet sources than from local or national print newspapers or from the radio. More than 60% of respondents in a Pew survey get their news online, and most use a variety of sources. The most popular information is weather, at 81%, followed by national news at 73%. Only 54% go to the radio for updates, and just 50% pick up a paper, though 92% say they use more than one medium.

As a news source, only television trumps the Internet, CNN reports—73% of people get at least some of their fix from the tube. Pew ascribes the popularity of online news to the collaborative nature of social networking and sharing sites. “People's experience of news, especially on the Internet, is becoming a shared social experience,” the report says. Some 75% say they learn of stories via email or other posts, and 37% say they have contributed to the spread of an item.

Fewer and fewer Americans are getting their news from print papers.
Fewer and fewer Americans are getting their news from print papers.   (AP Photo)
Social networking allows users to participate and spread the news online.
Social networking allows users to participate and spread the news online.   (AP Photo)
A woman uses a wireless connection on her laptop at a Chicago cafe.
A woman uses a wireless connection on her laptop at a Chicago cafe.   (AP Photo)
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jagerhans
Mar 3, 2010 4:43 PM CST
in Italy mr. Berlusconi is so mad about free speech on the Internet showing a political panorama very hostile to him and his cronies, and totally different from the one depicted by his pervasive media, claiming an overwhelming majority of over 71% of the population loving him desperately, that he is pushing for a law that will de facto close all blogs that dare to criticize his agenda or deplore the landslide of horrible scandals menacing to sweep away him and his partners in crime. the reason of the recent italian Google ruling is that almost 90% of italian political forces see the Internet as a deadly menace . free press and freedom of speech were wiped out by the traditional media but now they realize that it is coming back from the 'net and this is scaring the shits out of one of the worst, most corrupted and criminal leaderships in history .
scootersrockin
Mar 2, 2010 11:55 AM CST
Don't you know the reason is because internet news saves the environment.
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Mar 2, 2010 3:42 AM CST
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