The Pew Research Center in the US has released a survey showing that in America people now prefer to get their news online than from newspapers.

Conducted between 28th December and 19th January, the survey showed that only local and national TV news sources surpass online news as the favoured choice for Americans.

Of those questioned, 61 per cent said that they usually get their news online, 78 per cent refer to local news channels and 71 per cent get their news from a national TV network, such as ABC or CBS or from a cable channel such as CNN.

Some 54 per cent of people said that they get their news from the radio, 50 per cent from a local newspaper and a mere 17 people of people questioned said they regularly read a national newspaper.

The survey showed that 90 per cent of Americans refer to more than one source for their news, and 57 per cent access news from 2 to 5 websites per day.

Also interesting to note is the advance of mobile online news, with 33 per cent of respondents saying that they get news on their handsets.

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