![]() About a quarter (23%) say they have ever shared made-up news stories themselves, with roughly equal shares saying they have done so either knowingly or unknowingly. About half (51%) say they often see political news online that is at least somewhat inaccurate – a higher proportion than those who say they see news that is almost completely made up (32%). adults (32%) say they often see made-up political news online, while 39% sometimes see such stories and 26% hardly ever or never do. adults (64%) say fabricated news stories cause a great deal of confusion about the basic facts of current issues and events. Social media news use also increased to 69% in 2017 among those with less than a bachelor’s degree, surpassing those with a college degree or higher (63%).Ħ Many Americans believe fabricated news is sowing confusion, and about a third (32%) say they often see made-up political news online. This means that nonwhites (including all racial and ethnic groups, except non-Hispanic white) are now more likely than whites (64%) to get news on social media. ![]() About three-quarters of nonwhites (74%) get news on social media sites, up from 64% in 2016. Twitter saw the largest growth in 2017 (up 15 percentage points) and had the largest share of users to report getting news there (74%).ĥ Nonwhites and the less educated increasingly say they get news on social media. Three of the social media sites measured – Twitter, YouTube and Snapchat – grew their shares of users who get news on their site. For the first time in Pew Research Center surveys, more than half (55%) of Americans ages 50 and older report getting news on social media sites, a 10-percentage-point jump from 2016. This represents a modest increase from 62% in 2016, but similar to mobile, this growth was driven by substantial increases among older Americans. Large increases in mobile news use also occurred among those in lower-income households.Ĥ Two-thirds of Americans (67%) get at least some news on social media. Mobile news use also grew among those ages 50 to 64, with about eight-in-ten (79%) now getting news on mobile, about double the share from 2013. Roughly two-thirds (67%) of those ages 65 and older now get news on a mobile device, a 24-percentage-point jump from 2016 and about three times the share in 2013. The recent surge has mainly come from growth among older Americans. adults (85%) now get news on a mobile device, up from 72% in 2016. adults who get news on both mobile and desktop prefer mobile, up from 56% in 2016.ģ Older adults are driving the growth in mobile news use. ![]() And, among those who get news both ways, mobile devices are increasingly preferred. In all, 85% of Americans ever get news on a mobile device, the same proportion who do so on a desktop computer. The use of desktop or laptop computers for news remains steady, with 31% saying they often get news this way. adults often get news on a mobile device, up from 36% in 2016 and 21% in 2013. ![]() The share of Americans who often get news from TV – whether from local TV news, nightly network TV news or cable news – has fallen, while the portion of Americans often getting news online – either from news websites/apps or social media – has grown.Ģ Use of mobile devices for news continues to grow. The gap between the two news platforms was 19 points in early 2016, more than twice as large. ![]() As of August 2017, 43% of Americans report often getting news online, a share just 7 percentage points lower than the 50% who often get news on television. As journalists and media practitioners gather for the annual Online News Association conference, here are 10 key findings from recent Pew Research Center reports about today’s digital news media landscape:ġ The gap between television and online news consumption is narrowing. Digital news and social media continue to grow, with mobile devices rapidly becoming one of the most common ways for Americans to get news. ![]()
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