Well doesn’t that sound like a statement of the obvious.
Note to self: keep this in yer back pocket for responding to people who don’t believe that the Internet is an important source for news.
Source: Pew Research Center's Biennial News Consumption Survey
Lookit that – online news, at 37%, is running pretty much in the same league as the traditional sources, whether cable TV, radio or the paper. And the growth trend for online news consumption is quite stunning – the 2010 edition of this survey will be quite interesting I think.
I know, I know – These numbers are American. But my bet is that Canadian numbers would be similar.
There’s tons more gory detail in the full report.
(h/t iketches)
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