More than a third of U.S. smartphone users say they get news from these devices according to the Pew Research Center's Biennial News Consumption Survey, which notes that a majority of Americans still derive most of their news information from television despite the continued growth of digital resources. According to Pew Research, 15 percent of respondents reported owning smartphones, and 37 percent of them cited the device as their news source. In addition, nearly one in 10 owners of iPods or MP3 players said they watch or listen to news-oriented podcasts using these devices. Still, Pew Research concludes that the emergence of the mobile platform has had little impact on the general public's news consumption patterns--only 4 percent of total mobile phone subscribers report getting news from their device.
For more on Pew's news consumption survey:
- read this report [1]
Related articles:
New York Times [2] mobile web views surge
Fox News Radio [3] goes mobile
Links:
[1] http://people-press.org/reports/pdf/444.pdf
[2] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/new-york-times-mobile-web-views-surge/2008-08-15?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss&cmp-id=OTC-RSS-FMC0
[3] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/fox-news-radio-goes-mobile/2007-10-03?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss