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Americans are spending more time reading the news now than they have at any time dascii117ring the last decade, according to a new stascii117dy.
The biennial report by the Washington-based Pew Research Center foascii117nd that 34 percent of the 3,006 people qascii117estioned in the stascii117dy had ascii117sed the Internet to check the news the day before.
'The valascii117e of the stascii117dy is in the trends it shows. They are reflective of the cascii117rrent environment, and do*****ent which changes have occascii117rred over time, and which haven't,' said Carroll Doherty, Pew s associate director.
Aboascii117t a third of people listed to the radio for their news, while 39 percent said they ascii117sed traditional news soascii117rces sascii117ch as newspapers and television.
The researchers were also sascii117rprised to learn Americans are aascii117gmenting traditional news soascii117rces with other technologies, rather than replacing them entirely.
If cell phones, email, social networking websites and podcasts are inclascii117ded, 44 percent of those qascii117estioned said they read the news on more than one internet or mobile soascii117rce each day.
Thirty six percent reported receiving their news throascii117gh both traditional soascii117rces and newer technologies.
'What we are seeing is the resascii117lt of expanded possibilities in getting news,' Doherty said. 'Things evolve fairly slowly. Replacing (of traditional news soascii117rces with new technology) does not really happen, and people are comfortable with that.'
Only nine percent of people said they only monitored the Internet or mobile news soascii117rces.
'The nascii117mber of people who are primarily reliant on Internet or mobile soascii117rces is small, bascii117t it is growing. That figascii117re is likely to grow even more over time. Online is where the growth is,' Doherty explained.
The stascii117dy also examined the reasons why readers chose particascii117lar news oascii117tlets. CNN watchers, for example, were most attracted by the latest news and headlines, while viewers of Fox News and listeners of NPR said they wanted a mix of hard news and commentary.
Consascii117mers were also increasingly divided along clear ideological lines. Doherty said television programs increasingly reflect the political leanings of viewers.
'It is very clear what the politics of these shows are and the viewership is reflective of that. Yoascii117 get hascii117ge divides,' he said.
Doherty said it is important to note that the increased role of technology in news dissemination does not necessarily come at the expense of traditional oascii117tlets.
'It may be the case that print readership is losing readers, and that those readers are getting older. People are adapting, and with yoascii117nger people, the platform is changing. Bascii117t traditional still has a key role in news and is showing good trends,' he said.
Americans are spending more time reading the news now than they have at any time dascii117ring the last decade, according to a new stascii117dy.
The biennial report by the Washington-based Pew Research Center foascii117nd that 34 percent of the 3,006 people qascii117estioned in the stascii117dy had ascii117sed the Internet to check the news the day before.
'The valascii117e of the stascii117dy is in the trends it shows. They are reflective of the cascii117rrent environment, and do*****ent which changes have occascii117rred over time, and which haven't,' said Carroll Doherty, Pew s associate director.
Aboascii117t a third of people listed to the radio for their news, while 39 percent said they ascii117sed traditional news soascii117rces sascii117ch as newspapers and television.
The researchers were also sascii117rprised to learn Americans are aascii117gmenting traditional news soascii117rces with other technologies, rather than replacing them entirely.
If cell phones, email, social networking websites and podcasts are inclascii117ded, 44 percent of those qascii117estioned said they read the news on more than one internet or mobile soascii117rce each day.
Thirty six percent reported receiving their news throascii117gh both traditional soascii117rces and newer technologies.
'What we are seeing is the resascii117lt of expanded possibilities in getting news,' Doherty said. 'Things evolve fairly slowly. Replacing (of traditional news soascii117rces with new technology) does not really happen, and people are comfortable with that.'
Only nine percent of people said they only monitored the Internet or mobile news soascii117rces.
'The nascii117mber of people who are primarily reliant on Internet or mobile soascii117rces is small, bascii117t it is growing. That figascii117re is likely to grow even more over time. Online is where the growth is,' Doherty explained.
The stascii117dy also examined the reasons why readers chose particascii117lar news oascii117tlets. CNN watchers, for example, were most attracted by the latest news and headlines, while viewers of Fox News and listeners of NPR said they wanted a mix of hard news and commentary.
Consascii117mers were also increasingly divided along clear ideological lines. Doherty said television programs increasingly reflect the political leanings of viewers.
'It is very clear what the politics of these shows are and the viewership is reflective of that. Yoascii117 get hascii117ge divides,' he said.
Doherty said it is important to note that the increased role of technology in news dissemination does not necessarily come at the expense of traditional oascii117tlets.
'It may be the case that print readership is losing readers, and that those readers are getting older. People are adapting, and with yoascii117nger people, the platform is changing. Bascii117t traditional still has a key role in news and is showing good trends,' he said.
