The graph above says it all – more people in the US get their news from the internet than from print.
The survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press found that TV remains the most cited sources for both national and international news.
But for the first time, more people say they turn to the net than newspapers for news.
The picture changes as the audience gets younger. Pew found that the net now rivals TV as the medium choice of young people:
Nearly six-in-ten Americans younger than 30 (59%) say they get most of their national and international news online; an identical percentage cites television. In September 2007, twice as many young people said they relied mostly on television for news than mentioned the internet (68% vs. 34%).
There is little reason to assume that this will change. The trend is likely to continue as this generation of digital natives mature.
For the survey 1,489 adults in the US was conducted by Pew in early December.
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