Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
About
Follow
My Account
Log in
View Account
Log out
Donate
Journalism & Media
Menu
Research Areas
Home
U.S. Politics
Media & News
Social Trends
Religion
Internet & Tech
Science
Hispanics
Global
Methods
Publications
Topics
Daily Briefing
State of the Media
Datasets
Experts
Interactives
February 8, 2017
How Americans Encounter, Recall and Act Upon Digital News
An inverse relationship between seeking and acting for some topics
Next
→
←
Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
Download
An inverse relationship between seeking and acting for some topics
Embed
Report Materials
Complete Report PDF
Topline
American Trends Panel Wave 14.5 Dataset
Full Report
How Americans Encounter, Recall and Act Upon Digital News
Report Infographics
Social media and news websites are the most common pathways to online news
Follow-up actions most likely when news is from friends’ emails and texts; community and health news among topics most acted upon
Who took part in the study
The survey
An analysis of individuals’ online news habits over the course of one week
Social media and news websites equally likely to be pathways to online news
Most favor a single pathway for online news
Online news consumers can recall the sources of news links most of the time
Speaking with others offline is the most common way to respond to news online
The online news experience is a mix of deliberateness and serendipity
Social media is a more common pathway to news for younger and female online news consumers
Younger news consumers have less source awareness
Older and male online news consumers more likely to seek out their news
Characteristics of news instances
Follow-up action most likely with news that comes through friends’ emails and texts
News directly from news organizations does not stand out for any follow-up action
News sources most remembered when link is directly from news organizations
Business news most likely to be sought out; crime, community and entertainment some of the least likely
For some topics, news websites weigh more heavily; for others, social media
Links to business and political news stories have high source recall
An inverse relationship between seeking and acting for some topics
Speaking with someone rises to the top for all topics; community news most likely to prompt a social media post
pj_2017-02-09_experiential_m-01
pj_2017-02-09_experiential_icons_graymouse
pj_2017-02-09_experiential_icons_grayperson
Copyright 2019 Pew Research Center
About
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
Reprints, Permissions & Use Policy
Feedback
Careers