Pew Research Center

Web News Consumption Up, But TV Still Top U.S. News Source

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on August 18, 2008 - 6:42am.

Washington - Television remains the top news source for Americans, while younger people are relying more heavily on Web sources and most consumers are reading fewer newspapers, according to a biennial survey published by the Pew Research Center. The report found 46% of U.S. news consumers rely heavily on television; this group had a median age of 52, and was the least affluent among those surveyed.