Monday, November 09, 2015

Television News Still Tops

Television still dominates the news. A 45 percent plurality of Americans say they get most of their information about events in the news from television. A smaller 35 percent get most of their news from the Internet, and 10 percent from newspapers. There are big differences by generation, however...

Percent who get most of their news from television
Millennials: 29%
Gen Xers: 49%
Boomers: 50%
Older: 65%

Percent who get most of their news from the Internet
Millennials: 57%
Gen Xers: 32%
Boomers: 27%
Older: 6%

Note: In 2014, Millennials were 20 to 37; Gen Xers were 38 to 49; Boomers were 50 to 68.
Source: Demo Memo analysis of the 2014 General Social Survey

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