The third in the CMRC’s series of reports on the news landscape in Canada reveals the dramatic impact that Facebook, Twitter and other social media services are having on the news diet of Canadians. Our report, Social Networks Transforming How Canadians Get the News (PDF), suggests that many people now expect the news to come to them, filtered by family, friends and acquantances rather than only by professional journalists. We found that 43%

Canadians love the internet.  That’s the conclusion of a study that found that Canadians value their home Internet connection more than any other medium An online survey of 1,682 adults, conducted by the Canadian Media Research Consortium (CMRC )and Vision Critical, showed that 42%  of respondents say they would be “least willing to give up” their home internet connection. Some 24% said they would be least willing to give up their television cable subscription,

Given the whole debate over the role of local in journalism, a recent Canadian study offers some surprising data. The study (PDF) into Canadian news habits for the Canadian Media Research Consortium found that TV is the most used source, with the internet and newspapers coming joint second. What is more interesting is the reasons behind the choice of medium. Television was attractive as it was visual and live, whereas

The state of journalism in Canada is coming under scrutiny in an event on Thursday May 29 in Toronto organised by the Canadian Media Research Consortium. The one-day event, entitled The Future of News, aims to “bring together the best minds in industry and media studies to consider some of the challenges posed by today’s media landscape”. The event aims to examine how audiences are changing, the impact of citizen