Internet Now Major Source of Campaign News
TV continues to dominate the media landscape, but the internet now rivals newspapers as a main source for campaign news.
TV continues to dominate the media landscape, but the internet now rivals newspapers as a main source for campaign news.
A new kind of news consumer emerges as a quarter of the population blends news sources rather than relying on one platform.
The internet is living up to its potential as a major source for news about the presidential campaign. Nearly a quarter of Americans (24%) say they regularly learn something about the campaign from the internet, almost the double the percentage from ...
Statistics and insights from Pew Internet Research about the role of the internet in politics and e-government activities.
Americans flocked in record numbers to their favorite media sources for political news last fall. In this report, fans of newspaper, TV and online news sites tell how and why they differ.
Twice as many Americans used the internet as their primary source of news about the 2006 campaign compared with the most recent mid-term election in 2002.
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Fully 87% of online users have at one time used the internet to carry out research on a scientific topic or concept.
On a typical day in August, 26 million Americans were using the internet for news or information about politics and the upcoming mid-term elections.
By the end of 2005, 50 million Americans got news online on a typical day, a sizable increase since 2002. Much of that growth has been fueled by the rise in home broadband connections over the last four years.