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Internet Gains for Midterm Campaign News
1/17/2007 | 
Coverage
Anick Jesdanun, AP, Newsday, Business
'"The Internet still trails television and newspapers as the leading sources for political news, but it gained significantly in usage since the midterm elections of 2002, the Pew Internet and American Life Project found.
The study, released Wednesday, revealed that 69 percent of Americans cited television and 34 percent considered newspapers their leading choices for news; survey respondents could specify their top two. Radio and the Internet each got about 15 percent, while magazines had 2 percent.
Even among online users, the Internet was a leading source for only 22 percent. It rises to 35 percent for high-speed Internet users under age 36.
"What was true 50 years ago is still true today," said Lee Rainie, the Pew project's director. "TV is still far and away the dominant channel of political information in this country, even for Internet users."
Nonetheless, the Internet's 15 percent, though slightly less than the 2004 presidential campaign season, was more than double the 7 percent recorded in 2002."
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