According to a new study produced by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, the public’s top two sources of news remain television and the internet. Two-thirds of Americans (66%) say television is where they get most of their news and information, while 43% say they turn to the internet. About three-in-ten Americans (31%) say they get most of their news from newspapers. Radio was a distant fourth (19%).
Among those younger than 30, the internet far surpasses television as the main source for news (65% vs. 51%). While those 65 and older are only age group in which more cite newspapers (49%) than the internet (15%) as a main news and information source.
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It would be interesting to see how Santa Barbara’s media vacuum compares. For me, it’s Internet then Radio and, finally, the occasional lunchtime Independent.
It would also be interesting to see a study on what price individuals think they should pay for their news. And if they think they should get it for free, who do they think produces it? Should they simply work for free? This is the problem with the internet news model. If reporters don’t get paid, our society will really pay….
It was always my impression that you paid for the paper and advertising paid for the content. As old media advertising declines, I imagine the value of Internet advertising will increase back to equilibrium?