Monday, October 1, 2012
shortformblog: theatlantic: Why the Internet Is About to Replace TV as the Most Important Source of News The headline conclusion of Pew’s latest monster survey of the media landscape was the demise of TV news. “There are now signs that television news is increasingly vulnerable,” the authors wrote, “as it may be losing its hold on the next generation of news consumers.” But the larger story is the rise of the Web, which has surpassed newspapers and radio to become the second most popular source of news for Americans, after TV.  Read more. [Image: Pew] One point: News online is so varied — much more varied that newspaper or TV journalism. It’d be interesting to see what kinds of of things people are reading online that are considered “news.” Blogs? Twitter? Buzzfeed? Wire stories? All of the above? I almost never get my news ANYWHERE but online. I’ve seen stories on Facebook, Twitter and even Tumblr before I heard about it anywhere else.  

shortformblog:

theatlantic:

Why the Internet Is About to Replace TV as the Most Important Source of News

The headline conclusion of Pew’s latest monster survey of the media landscape was the demise of TV news. “There are now signs that television news is increasingly vulnerable,” the authors wrote, “as it may be losing its hold on the next generation of news consumers.”

But the larger story is the rise of the Web, which has surpassed newspapers and radio to become the second most popular source of news for Americans, after TV. 

Read more. [Image: Pew]

One point: News online is so varied — much more varied that newspaper or TV journalism. It’d be interesting to see what kinds of of things people are reading online that are considered “news.” Blogs? Twitter? Buzzfeed? Wire stories? All of the above?

I almost never get my news ANYWHERE but online. I’ve seen stories on Facebook, Twitter and even Tumblr before I heard about it anywhere else.  

Posted at 9:16 PM 330 notes Reblogged from shortformblog Tags: news journalism journalism education internet

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