Thursday, 20 October 2016

10 facts about the changing digital news landscape

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/09/14/facts-about-the-changing-digital-news-landscape/

About four-in-ten Americans now often get news online.

Mobile is becoming a preferred device for digital news

Long-form journalism has a place in today’s mobile-centric society.

 More than half (55%) of U.S. smartphone users get news alerts, but few get them frequently.

Social media, particularly Facebook, is now a common news source.
  • Overall, 62% of U.S. adults get news on social media, and
  • 18% do so often
  • However, news plays a varying role across the social networking sites studied.
  • Two-thirds of Facebook users (66%) get news on the site, which amounts to
  • 44% of the general population.
  • Nearly as many Twitter users say they get news on Twitter (59%), but
  • due to Twitter’s smaller user base this translates to just 9% of the general population.

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