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That 13% is extremely worrying.
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The 13% might include people who read the online newspapers.
dg writes: It does. |
What's not clear (or not assessed) from the ofcom is where facebook (and other social of all sorts including mumsnet, pistonheads) would be counted (internet 13%, other 3%). There are plenty of people that treat facebook as "news" (primary or alternative). Ditto local social media (e.g. nextdoor).
Local newspaper consumption (free/paid for) also a unclear except for the Evening standard. dg writes: If you read the 122-page Ofcom report, it has plenty of data on Facebook (35%), social media (49%) and local newspapers (10%). |
It's an interesting analysis and presented in an informative way, but perhaps a little over-simplified. Granted you can get more false or highly-biassed news on the internet, but I imagine many if not most people allow for that and check 'real' news media - online or otherwise. It's interesting, though, that 0% use only radio and newspapers. When I was a lad (I'm 70+) that was around 100%. |
I'm in the 14% (everything) box, but only because I pick up the Standard from time to time. I think I gave up buying a daily newspaper about 20 years ago, around the time news websites became free and pervasive.
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The best source of news is the BBC Teletext (red button): it's succinct without waffle, opinions or the distracting background of BBC TV news.
Sadly, like a lot of good things, it's shortly to go. |
given the age demographics of the people who most read print sources its no wonder that printed newspaper circulation is collapsing. That with the 75% right wing bias is not healthy as it just reinforces outmoded views of the nearly dead.
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