SFN report: 37 percent of U.S. population consumes online news in 2008
About 37 percent of the U.S. general public went online for news in 2008, up from 13 percent 10 years ago, according to Pew Research Center for the People & the Press December 2008 Political & Economic Survey.
Men are more likely to go online for news - 40 percent of men, versus 34 percent of women, did so in 2008. However, women saw stronger growth over 10 years than men, with 26 percent versus 23 percent, SFN's World Digital Media Trends 2009 reported.
Caucasian people are more likely to consume online news compared with black people, while people under age 50 are more likely to use it rather than their older counterparts, the study found.
Education level and online news usage also have a correlation - people with a higher level of education have a higher percentage of online new usage, compared with those with lower education levels.
Among the respondents who use the Internet, 55 percent consume online news, up 20 percent from 1998.
Fifty-nine percent of male online users go online for news, compared with 51 percent of female Internet users, according to the report, World Digital Media Trends 2009, released by SFN and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers.
![Digg](http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sfnblog.com%2Findustry_trends%2F2009%2F11%2Fsfn_report_37_percent_of_us_population_c.php&bodytext=<form mt:asset-id="4678" class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="growth online news US.jpg" src="http://www.sfnblog.com/industry_trends/growth%20online%20news%20US.jpg" width="525" height="258" class="mt-image-left" style="float: left; margin: 0 20px 20px 0;" /></form><div><p class="MsoNormal">About 37 percent of the U.S. general public went online for
news in 2008, up from 13 percent 10 years ago, according to <a href="http://people-press.org/">Pew Research Center for the People & the
Press December 2008 Political & Economic Survey.</a> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Men are more likely to go online for news - 40 percent of
men, versus 34 percent of women, did so in 2008. However, women saw stronger growth
over 10 years than men, with 26 percent versus 23 percent, <a href="http://www.wan-press.org/article18214.html">SFN's World Digital Media
Trends 2009 reported.</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><br /></div>&title=SFN report: 37 percent of U.S. population consumes online news in 2008){kind=link}
0 TrackBacks
Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: SFN report: 37 percent of U.S. population consumes online news in 2008.
TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.editorsweblog.org/mt/mt-tb.cgi/19970
Leave a comment