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Facebook and Twitter haven't captured everyone's eyeballs yet, especially when it comes to looking for information about local restaurants, bars clubs and other and businesses.

A new study finds that among social media still plays a small role as a resource for that kind of info, far behind search engines, such as Google, and specialty websites.

Newspapers, both printed and online, "run second behind the Internet as the source that people rely on for news and information about local businesses, including restaurants and bars," says Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project and the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. The report, "Where people get information about restaurants and other local businesses," was issued Wednesday.



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DATA POINT

86%

of smartphone owners used their phone in the past month to make real-time queries to help them meet friends, solve problems, or settle arguments

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The Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project is one of seven projects that make up the Pew Research Center. The Center is supported by The Pew Charitable Trust.