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By Amy Mitchell and Tom Rosenstiel of PEJ
In 2011, the digital revolution entered a new era.
The age of mobile, in which people are connected to the web wherever
they are, arrived in earnest. More than four in ten American adults now
own a smartphone. One in five owns a tablet. New cars are manufactured
with internet built in. With more mobility comes deeper immersion into
social networking.
For news, the new era brings mixed blessings.
New research
released in this report finds that mobile devices are adding to
people’s news consumption, strengthening the lure of traditional news
brands and providing a boost to long-form journalism. Eight in ten who
get news on smartphones or tablets, for instance, get news on
conventional computers as well. People are taking advantage, in other
words, of having easier access to news throughout the day – in their
pocket, on their desks and in their laps.
At the same time, a more fundamental challenge that we identified in
this report last year has intensified — the extent to which technology
intermediaries now control the future of news.
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