By: E&P Staff One of the great news consumer cliches of our time is that young people may be turning away from traditional sources, such as newspapers and TV, but most of them are still keeping up with current events somewhere, such as online.
But the new Pew Survey on news consumption -- taken every other year and released today -- reveals that increasing numbers in the group are not getting news at all on a daily basis.
The Pew report on the survey of more than 3,600 American this past spring, observes, "In spite of the increasing variety of ways to get the news, the proportion of young people getting no news on a typical day has increased substantially over the past decade. About a third of those younger than 25 (34%) say they get no news on a typical day, up from 25% in 1998."
Also: "Social networking sites are very popular with young people, but they have not become a major source of news. Just 10% of those with social networking profiles say they
regularly get news from these sites."
This is in context of more and more people overall getting their news online. The report relates: "Since 2006, the proportion of Americans who say they get news online at least three days a week has increased from 31% to 37%. About as many people now say they go online for news
regularly (at least three days a week) as say they regularly watch cable news (39%); substantially more people regularly get news online than regularly watch one of the nightly network news broadcasts (37% vs. 29%).
"Since 2006, daily online news use has increased by about a third, from 18% to 25%."
NOTE: See other stories on our site today on the Pew survey.
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