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News becomes more social
Posted: June 28, 2010 | Tags: journalism-ecosystem, MOB Conference, Pew Internet Project
Since 2000, news has become "pervasive, portable, personalized, participarty — and a social experience."
This was among the findings by the Pew Internet Project's latest study on "How Media Consumption Has Changed Since 2000."
Project Director Lee Rainie spoke at the "Monetizing Online Business" conference last week in New York.
The study found that 62 percent of Americans use the Internet on an average day, while 56 percent say they go online to have fun or kill time.
The number of people going online to find their news (61 percent) is catching up to the number of people who turn ...