Internet overtakes newspapers as main source of news in US

Internet has surpassed all other media except television as a main source for national and international news, according to a survey conducted by Pew Research Centre for the People & the Press. The survey was conducted in US between 3rd and 7th December 2008 among 1,489 adults.

The survey found that 40 per cent of the respondents rely on internet for news while 35 per cent said they get their news from newspapers. Television continues to be cited most frequently as a main source for national and international news, at 70 per cent.

For young people, however, internet rivals television as a main source of national and international news. Nearly six-in-ten Americans younger than 30 (59 per cent) said they get most of their national and international news online; an identical percentage cited television.