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What Is News?

As people are exposed to more information from more sources than ever before, how they define and feel about “news” has become less clear-cut.

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    Navigating News Online

    The future of the journalism relies heavily on understanding the ways people consume news online. But mastering that information is challenging. Behavior is changing quickly, and the metrics can be elusive and even contradictory. In a new study, PEJ examines Nielsen data from the top 25 most popular news sites to offer insights about how people get to news sites; what they do once there and where they go when they leave.

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    Trends to Watch: News and Information Consumption

    Kristen will present the latest Pew Internet findings on participatory and mobile news consumption, and the level of public interest in religious and spiritual news and information.

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    Survey: Mobile News & Paying Online

    Local news is going mobile. Nearly half of all American adults (47%) report that they get at least some local news and information on their cellphone or tablet computer.

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    Online Newspapers Gain on Print

    As the New York Times begins charging for access to its website, the gap between the number of Americans who read newspaper online and in print continues to narrow.

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    The Internet and Campaign 2010

    54% of adults used the internet for political purposes in the 2010 election cycle, far surpassing the 2006 midterm contest.

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    How social can news get?

    Lee Rainie speaks at a conference on citizen journalism and social media (updated with slides)

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    Internet Gains on Television as Public’s Main News Source

    Overview The internet is slowly closing in on television as Americans’ main source of national and international news. Currently, 41% say they get most of their news about national and international news from the internet, which is little changed over the past two years but up 17 points since 2007. Television remains the most widely […]

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    A New Phase in Our Digital Lives

    The latest biennial survey on news consumption from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press reveals signs of a new era in the acquisition and consumption of news—and there is reason to expect the shift will accelerate. What is the nature of this new era, and why is it happening? A commentary on the findings by PEJ Director Tom Rosenstiel.

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    The Future of Public Relations

    Lee Rainie discussed the Future of Public Relations with a class of executive management students at the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.