Internet News Surpasses Newspaper
by Taylor Flatt on December 27th, 2008 at 4:36 pm EDT - 436 views
A new Pew study has been released describing a more electronically centered world. Now, roughly 20% more people get their news from the internet. With both TV and Newspaper viewership declining there seems to be a slow but steady switch from TV and Newspapers to a more readibly accessable source, the Internet.
Not only is this logical, but it is obvious why this is happening. The Internet is a convient tool used by all for a [pretty] cheap price where you can find just about anything you want. For the price of connectivity, it is only logical to get your fair share of news (from thousands of sources, rather than a couple).
With the common joe now able to write their opinion and view on things, you are not only getting white and black from the newspaper or tv, but you are getting all different shades of media from main and secondary news sources. The Internet is beginning to look like it will be the end all be all of the media world.
”Results for the weekly surveys are based on telephone interviews among a nationwide sample of approximately 1,000 adults, 18 years of age or older, conducted under the direction of ORC (Opinion Research Corporation). For results based on the total sample, one can say with 95% confidence that the error attributable to sampling is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.” To acquire more information, view a PDF.
