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Digital News Landscape

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Email Newsletters as a Source of News

Three-in-ten Americans at least sometimes get news from newsletters, but many don’t read most of the newsletters they get. Unlike many other digital formats, similar shares of Americans across age groups get news from email newsletters.

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Young Adults and the Future of News

U.S. adults under 30 follow news less closely than any other age group. And they’re more likely to get (and trust) news from social media.

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    Changing news audience behavior

    A new kind of news consumer emerges as a quarter of the population blends news sources rather than relying on one platform.

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    The Latest News Headlines—Your Vote Counts

    What would a world in which citizens set the news agenda rather than editors look like? A new PEJ study comparing user-news sites, like Digg, Del.icio.us,and Reddit, with mainstream news outlets provides some initial answers. The snapshot suggests both a drastically different set of topics and information sources.

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    Election 2008

    The presidential hopefuls are using their web sites for unprecedented two-way communication with citizens. But what are voters learning here? Is it more than a way to bypass the media? A new PEJ study of 19 campaign sites finds Democrats are more interactive, Republicans are more likely to talk about “values,” and neither wants to talk about ideology.

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    The Military’s Iraq Channel on You Tube

    Looking for a way to get out its message in Iraq, the U.S. Multi-National Force Iraq has turned to You Tube and has found some success with users who have made the site one of this month’s most popular. The site aims to use footage shot by military personnel to give a fuller picture of Iraq, a spokesman says. PEJ examines the effort.

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    From Charles Lindbergh to … You

    Some critics have assailed Time magazine’s choice for 2006 Person of the Year in recent days, calling the editors’ selection of “You” with a mirror on the cover gimmicky. But this wasn’t the first unconventional choice for Time’s honor – or the first time a group of people was selected. PEJ takes stock of Time’s past Persons of the Year from 1927 on.

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