More Americans turning to Web for news
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nearly 70 percent of Americans believe traditional journalism is out of touch, and nearly half are turning to the Internet to get their news, according to a new survey.
While most people think journalism is important to the quality of life, 64 percent are dissatisfied with the quality of journalism in their communities, a We Media/Zogby Interactive online poll showed.
“That’s a really encouraging reflection of people who care A) about journalism and B) understand that it makes a difference to their lives,” said Andrew Nachison, of iFOCOS, a Virginia-based think tank which organized a forum in Miami where the findings were presented.
Nearly half of the 1,979 people who responded to the survey said their primary source of news and information is the Internet, up from 40 percent just a year ago. Less than one third use television to get their news, while 11 percent turn to radio and 10 percent to newspapers.
More than half of those who grew up with the Internet, those 18 to 29, get most of their news and information online, compared to 35 percent of people 65 and older. Older adults are the only group that favors a primary news source other than the Internet, with 38 percent selecting television.
Howard Finberg, of the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida, said the public often doesn’t understand that the sources they are accessing online such as Google News and Yahoo News pull stories from newspapers, television, wire services and other media sources.
“It’s delivered in a non-traditional form, that doesn’t necessarily mean there isn’t traditional journalism underneath it,” he explained.
But Finberg said the study does support the belief among many large media companies that focusing on local issues is important to their journalistic and economic survival.
Lee ADDS: More PROOF that NYT and LAT , NBC, CBS, NBC all GOOD FOR NOTHING!
March 1st, 2008 at 10:43 am
So much is conveniently left out. When people like Obama, MLK, RFK and JFK dared to speak out, y’all closed their mouthes for good.
God aint dead!
the Dollar will only begin to rise when you admit to a RECESSION.
Hillary cannot bring us out. She is part of the problem, along with McCain and Huckaby. The only team that can bring us back from this sofisticated ruin is the learned Barack Obama.
He is the Man!
March 1st, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Your statements are reflective of a person with an EXTREME LACK OF KNOWLEDGE!