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Laura Hazard OwenFebruary 9, 2017

People are okay at remembering where they get news online (but still think Facebook’s a news outlet)

“The online news experience is a mix of deliberateness and serendipity,” a new report from Pew finds, noting that no one particular path to finding online news is dominant among users.

Joseph LichtermanJune 15, 2016

The State of the News Media 2016: Mobile continues its takeover

Pew’s annual survey of the news media shows that trends of mobile consumption and platform domination are ongoing.

Laura Hazard OwenMay 5, 2016

Good news, publishers: People will read your long stories on their phones (for two minutes, anyway)

People will read longer content on their smartphones, a new Pew report finds.

Joshua BentonAugust 12, 2015

Press Publish 12: Jesse Holcomb of Pew Research on what they’re watching for in this election cycle

A lot of what we know about how news consumption is changing comes from Pew’s research. Here’s a look at some — local news, millennials’ habits, political polarization, and more — of what they’re interested in going forward.

Joseph LichtermanJuly 14, 2015

New Pew data: More Americans are getting news on Facebook and Twitter

A new study from the Pew Research Center and Knight Foundation finds that more Americans of all ages, races, genders, education levels, and incomes are using Twitter and Facebook to consume news.

Joseph LichtermanJune 1, 2015

Pew study: When it comes to political news, Facebook has become local TV for millennials

For baby boomers, local TV is the top source for politics news. Millennials are getting it from their News Feeds.

John WihbeyNovember 7, 2014

What’s New in Digital and Social Media Research: Twitter as the new “boys on the bus,” and how we talk about the Dark Web

The impact of Do Not Track on news outlets and the complexities of filter bubbles and polarization: all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

Joseph LichtermanJuly 10, 2014

Pew study: New media outlets attempt to fill void in statehouse coverage across the U.S.

From 2003 to 2014, the number of newspaper reporters covering American statehouses fell 35 percent.

John WihbeyMarch 31, 2014

What’s New in Digital and Social Media Research: How editors see the news differently from readers, and the limits of filter bubbles

Predicting what goes viral, sourcing the Arab Spring, and Twitter in power vs. out of power: all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

Justin EllisMarch 26, 2014

New technology, new money, new newsrooms, old questions: The State of the News Media in 2014

Pew’s annual omnibus report finds that the transition to digital, and the influx of new money and new ideas, only represents a sliver of activity in the broader media.

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