PEW: VOTERS LURED BY NET

By: Todd Shields Trend Most Pronounced Among Well-educated





Fewer people are reading newspapers' campaign coverage, according
to a survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the
Press. In a recent report, the center found that 39% of
respondents got most of their campaign news from newspapers this
year, down from 60% four years ago.



The fall-off is spread across demographic groups, but is most
pronounced among the well-educated, who traditionally have been
steadfast newspaper readers, Pew found. It said voters
increasingly are turning to the Internet for election
information.







Todd Shields (tshields@editorandpublisher.com) is the Washington editor for E&P.







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