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State of the News Media 2013

Pew Research Center — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:52:35 +0000

News reporting resources continued to decline in 2012 and nearly a third of Americans have abandoned a news outlet. Meanwhile, more newsmakers are able to take their messages directly to the public.

Infographic: Visualizing the Future of Mobile News

Pew Research Center — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:28:34 +0000

See a selection of infographics presenting data from The Project for Excellence in Journalism's Future of Mobile News report. The infographics are the result of a designer challenge issued by PEJ in collaboration with The Economist Group and data visualization website Visual.ly.

News Coverage for Both Candidates More Negative

Pew Research Center — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 19:21:05 +0000

Both Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have received more negative news coverage than positive in the general election, but coverage shifted markedly when the debates began. Obama fared much better in September, while Romney had the edge in October, according to a new study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism.

One-in-Ten ‘Dual-Screened’ the Presidential Debate

Pew Research Center — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:54:50 +0000

More than half of America watched the first presidential debate live, including 11% who were "dual screeners," following coverage on a computer or mobile device while also following television coverage.

Future of Mobile News

Pew Research Center — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 21:20:02 +0000

The era of mobile digital technology has crossed a new threshold.

Infographic: The Future of Mobile News

Pew Research Center — Sun, 30 Sep 2012 13:56:18 +0000

Highlights from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism report The Future of Mobile News.

In Changing News Landscape, Even Television Is Vulnerable

Pew Research Center — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0000

The transformation of the nation’s news landscape has already taken a heavy toll on print news sources, particularly print newspapers. But there are now signs that television news – which so far has held onto its audience through the rise of the internet – also is increasingly vulnerable, as it may be losing its hold on the next generation of news consumers.

Online and digital news consumption, meanwhile, continues to increase, with many more people now getting news on cell phones, tablets or other mobile platforms.

And perhaps the most dramatic change in the news environment has been the rise of social networking sites. The percentage of Americans saying they saw news or news headlines on a social networking site yesterday has doubled – from 9% to 19% – since 2010. Among adults under age 30, as many saw news on a social networking site the previous day (33%) as saw any television news (34%), with just 13% having read a newspaper either in print or digital form.

These are among the principal findings of the Pew Research Center’s biennial news consumption survey, which has tracked patterns in news use for nearly two decades. The latest survey was conducted May 9-June 3, 2012, among 3,003 adults.

Eight-in-Ten Following Olympics on TV or Digitally

Pew Research Center — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:11:01 +0000

Large majorities of Americans are following coverage of the Olympic Games in London. Nearly eight-in-ten (78%) say they have watched or followed Olympic coverage either on television, online or on social networks.

State of the News Media 2012

Pew Research Center — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 04:00:00 +0000

A mounting body of evidence finds that the spread of mobile technology is adding to news consumption, strengthening the appeal of traditional news brands and even boosting reading of long-form journalism. But the evidence also shows that technology companies are strengthening their grip on who profits, according to the 2012 State of the News Media report by Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.

The annual State of the News Media report is a comprehensive analysis of the health of journalism in America, which includes detailed analysis of eight different media sectors as well as an overview that identifies key trends and key findings of the essential statistics about news in the last year.

This year’s study also includes special reports on the impact of mobile technology and social media on news. Those reports, which feature new survey data, finds that rather than replacing media consumption on digital devices, people who go mobile are getting news on all their devices. They also appear to be getting it more often, and reading for longer periods of time. For example, about a third, 34%, of desktop/laptop news consumers now also get news on a smartphone. About a quarter, 27%, of smartphone news consumers also get news on a tablet. These digital news omnivores are also a large percentage of the smart phone/tablet population. And most of those individuals (78%) still get news on the desktop or laptop as well.

A PEJ survey of more than 3,000 adults also finds that the reputation or brand of a news organization, a very traditional idea, is the most important factor in determining where consumers go for news, and that is even truer on mobile devices than on laptops or desktops. Indeed, despite the explosion in social media use through the likes of Facebook and Twitter, recommendations from friends are not a major factor yet in steering news consumption.

Read the full report on the health of American journalism, which also includes findings on:

How mobile devices are affecting news consumption
The growing influence of technology giants on the future of news
How new devices may be helping magazines
The role of social media in news
Which media sectors experienced revenue growth last year
How a visually oriented year helped TV news in 2011
How Native American communities are turning to cellphones for news

Chapters of the report:

Data: Year in the News

Pew Research Center — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:57:55 +0000

Follow the steps in this interactive to select among media sectors and news coverage categories. The data are based on more than 48,000 stories analyzed in PEJ’s News Coverage Index for the year.