State of the News Media 2012

March 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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From the Pew Research Center – 

“A mounting body of evidence finds that the spread of mobile technology is adding to news consumption, strengthening the appeal of traditional news brands and even boosting reading of long-form journalism. But the evidence also shows that technology companies are strengthening their grip on who profits, according to the 2012 State of the News Media report by Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism.”

 

Read the full report on the Pew Research website

 

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Pew study says news orgs use Twitter as a one-way information stream

November 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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A new Pew study that came out recently shows that most news organizations are using Twitter to push their stories, rather then engage with followers. Thirteen print, TV and radio news organizations were studied. Megan Garber, from Nieman Journalism Lab, said,

 For these organizations, Twitter functions as an RSS feed or headline service for news consumers, with links ideally driving traffic to the organization’s website.”

You can read Garber’s post here or view the full Pew study.

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Pew: How People Use Tablets & What it Means for the Future of News

October 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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From the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism, October 25, 2011 

Eighteen months after the introduction of the iPad, 11% of U.S. adults now own a tablet computer of some kind. About half (53%) get news on their tablet every day, and they read long articles as well as get headlines. But a majority says they would not be willing to pay for news content on these devices, according to the most detailed study to date of tablet users and how they interact with this new technology.

The study, conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism in collaboration with The Economist Group, finds that the vast majority of tablet owners-fully 77%-use their tablet every day. They spend an average of about 90 minutes on them.

Consuming news (everything from the latest headlines to in-depth articles and commentary) ranks as one of the most popular activities on the tablet, about as popular as sending and receiving email (54% email daily on their tablet), and more popular than social networking (39%), gaming (30%), reading books (17%) or watching movies and videos (13%). The only activity that people said they were more likely to do on their tablet computer daily is browse the web generally (67%).

Read the full article and learn more about the study here

 

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Pew Releases 2010 News Coverage Index Raw Data

July 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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The Pew Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism has released their 2010 News Coverage Index raw data. Their findings can be used by scholars for their research by visiting the PEJ website: http://www.journalism.org/by_the_numbers/datasets.

A press release from PEJ says:

The News Coverage Index (NCI)—The NCI captures and analyzes some 50 news outlets in real time to determine what is being covered and what is not in the U.S. news media. The NCI launched in January 2007 and has run continuously since. Weekly findings are released every Tuesday in a concise narrative that charts the top stories of the week, trajectory of the coverage and differences among media sectors. In all, the 2010 NCI sample includes 52 outlets, every Monday through Sunday. The key variables include source, story date, big story, broad story topic, placement, format, geographic focus, story word count, duration of broadcast story and lead newsmaker. The outlets studied come from print, network TV, cable, online, and radio. They include evening and morning network news, several hours of daytime and prime time cable news each day, newspapers from around the country, the top online news sites, and radio, including headlines, long form programs and talk.

To view the data, visit the PEJ website or learn more about it from the PEJ press release.

 

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When Technology Makes Headlines

September 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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The mainstream news media have offered the American public a divided view of how information technology influences society, according to a new study by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism. [Read more...]

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