Audiences are declining for traditional news media in the U.S. – with some exceptions
A declining share of U.S. adults are following the news closely, and audiences are shrinking for several older types of news media.
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A declining share of U.S. adults are following the news closely, and audiences are shrinking for several older types of news media.
More Americans now prefer to get local news online, while fewer turn to TV or print. And most say local news outlets are important to their community.
Newspapers are a critical part of the American news landscape, but they have been hard hit as more and more Americans consume news digitally.
The transition of the news industry away from print, television and radio into digital spaces has caused huge disruptions in the traditional news industry, especially the print news industry. Today, an overwhelming majority of Americans get news at least sometimes from digital devices.
76% of Black adults say they at least sometimes get news on TV, compared with 62% of both White and Hispanic adults and 52% of Asian adults.
More than half of Americans (58%) say they are following news about candidates for the 2024 presidential election very or fairly closely.
Here are key facts about the alternative social media service Rumble, an online video-sharing platform founded in 2013.
Nonprofit news reporters now account for 20% of the nation’s total statehouse press corps, up from 6% eight years ago.
11% of stories about Joe Biden’s early days as president cited an anonymous or unnamed source, and fewer than 1% relied solely on such sources.
More than eight-in-ten U.S. adults say they get news from a smartphone, computer or tablet “often” or “sometimes.”
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