The Internet has surpassed newspapers in terms of an outlet for national and international news, according to the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, Media Post reported.

The latest research showed that 40 percent of the respondents said they get most of their national and international news online, compared to merely 24 percent in September 2007. It was the first time more people chose the Web than printed newspapers.

Television remained as being cited most frequently as a source for national and international news, Media Post reported.

Among younger people, between ages 18 to 29, the Web is now even with television as a main source of national and international news, with 59 percent of respondents saying so. In September 2007, only 34 percent said they relied on the Web mostly for news, compared to 68 percent for television.

The survey, conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, surveyed 1,489 adults during Dec. 3-7, 2008, Media Post reported.