Viewers Turning to YouTube For News: Where Do You Get Your News?

by mrosen814 Posted 2012/07/16 21:00:00

Related Topics: News, You Tube, Journalism

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	Newspaper (Print Edition)	27 votes	6%
	Online	284 votes	58%
	TV	90 votes	18%
	Radio	24 votes	5%
	Other	62 votes	13%

A recent Pew study, reported by the New York Post, revealed a shift in the way we consume news. TV news consumption still outpaces YouTube News consumption. However, a younger demographic is more likely to check out citizen journalism on YouTube of major events and natural disasters rather than seeking out traditional TV news.

The New York Post article goes on to state that, "the study shows YouTube as a global news arena where professional and amateur video bleed together, and is made consumable in on-demand style."

NYPOST.COM reports:
A new study has found that YouTube has become a major platform for news, one where viewers are turning for eyewitness videos in times of major events and natural disasters.

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ikeman227 2012/07/17 19:46:44

Other

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Sodahead! :-)
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johnnyg 2012/07/20 20:50:08 (edited)

TV

My local news, and http://www.infowars.com

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TuringsChild 2012/07/20 20:09:42

Other

Right here. lol
Okay, also a couple of other sites, but for the most part I only follow up on things that interest me online and in my email.

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Josh Robinson 2012/07/20 17:41:28

Online

It's the last free press...

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wildcat 2012/07/20 17:19:08

Online

Various online sources including the newspaper online.

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kir 2012/07/20 17:17:36

Online

Either that or I get information directly from data sites.

http://politicoid.blogspot.co...

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Andy 2012/07/20 14:58:18

Radio

Most of the time Radio... still watch TV News, read the newspaper and several news sites on internet

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DeeB 2012/07/20 14:54:27

Online

The mainstream media does not report. They are nothing but propaganda for the government. I wouldn't trust them as far as I could throw them. Take for instance that they had led the public to believe that Romney has the nomination for months now which coulcn't be further from the truth. Then they refuse to report all the voter fraud that the GOP has committed. They are picking your president for you and you all allow it.!

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Headhunter 13 2012/07/20 13:40:44

Other

I use a combination of sources but one it will never be is YouTube. I really don't need a bunch of idiots reporting anything. We already have too many on the air.

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brutusin~ Proud Apetheist 2012/07/20 12:39:59

Online

+1
USA Today, Aljeezra, and IRN Radio news.

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Johann 2012/07/20 11:14:22

Online

Mostly internet, but then I will check with KUNM 89.9 and NPR (Democracy Now) for news. Television is a pastime that I will not be revisiting before/after college.

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Rev☠Donny☠Doom☠Agnostic 667 2012/07/20 10:52:40

Other

+2

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Beagle Mom 2012/07/20 07:06:16

Other

All of the above.

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flowerlady112 2012/07/20 01:09:20

Other

All of the above!

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Ghost 2012/07/20 00:30:50

Online

CNN has been trying to turn from the Left towards the center like FOX News, but every time they get close, Ted Turner pulls back hard on the reins.

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~ Veronica Arin Ayne~ 2012/07/19 22:30:04

Other

All of the above.

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Aspect of B 2012/07/19 21:18:50

Other

I get my news from a mix of these.

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Clarence Collins III 2012/07/19 19:32:12

Radio

89.1 WEMU News is where I get it

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Michael 2012/07/19 15:54:10

Newspaper (Print Edition)

There needs to be a box for all of the above, and which one has more time spent on it. I checked Newspaper because we read LA TImes and Wall Street Journal, and spend more time doing that, but also watch TV News a lot and listen to radio talk and then for up to the minute check online...all in declining order of time spent, but not relevance, necessarily.

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little k 2012/07/19 15:39:01

TV

And online

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DavidLov3R 2012/07/19 14:29:22

TV

Youtube & Google i could not be informed with out them.....

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Sam 2012/07/19 13:07:06

TV

+1

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kir to Sam 2012/07/20 17:30:29

+1
Fox News is owned by a corporation that supports authoritarian regimes and also gave a large sum of money to the Obama campaign in 2008.

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La 2012/07/19 04:30:23

Online

A fair amount from youtube, but I still listen to the radio sometimes.

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Ferηαηdσ [Clinton2016] 2012/07/19 03:07:50

Other

I listen to NPR on the way to work and I also read the New York Times when I can.

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malikasecrets 2012/07/18 23:54:21

Online

I get news on-line, Not necessarily You tube

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Kingarthurup 2012/07/18 23:23:02

TV

and radio... then internet

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John Freeman 2012/07/18 23:21:06 (edited)

Other

O.N.N, they're the only way to go man

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Haruko.Haruhara 2012/07/18 22:21:38

Other

TV and the newspaper.

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Changeling 2012/07/18 21:25:02

TV

used to from radio

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Heisenberg 2012/07/18 21:23:38

TV

Usually I get mine from ABC.

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AvaC 2012/07/18 19:24:58

Other

All of the above really. Depends on where I am and which source is most convenient.

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Maryam 2012/07/18 12:34:55

TV

and sometimes newspaper

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♥K14 2012/07/18 12:14:58

Other

+1
All of them...

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Mrs. V 2012/07/18 02:48:53

Other

ALL THE ABOVE. I read the "Oklahoman" every morning, sitting on my front porch swing, with my cup of coffee. Then I come in the house and turn on the TV and watch C-Span. Then I turn on my computer and get the news from Yahoo, and other sources. When I drive I listen to the radio in the car.

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V~POTL~PWCM~JLA 2012/07/18 02:28:02

Online

http://www.drudgereport.com

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Kalayaan 001 2012/07/18 01:53:33 (edited)

Online

+1
The sources I examine daily are...

2 government-sources

• Russia Today (R.T.) English — which seldom questions the Russian Federal government & its block of allied national governments, but often criticizes the U.S. Federal Government & its block

• 日本放送協会 ("Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai"; "Japan Broadcasting Corporation"; N.H.K.) WORLD English — which is an inverse, pro-U.S. Federal Government version of R.T.

2 private sources

• Philippine Daily Inquirer

• A.B.S.-C.B.N. News — which is apparently owned by the the Lopez clan

If I have extra time, I search...

• Drudge Report

• Wall Street Journal Online

• Zero Hedge

(sigh) But, man... checking the news takes so freaking long!

The sources I examine daily are...

2 government-sources

• Russia Today (R.T.) English — which seldom questions the Russian Federal government & its block of allied national governments, but often criticizes the U.S. Federal Government & its block

• 日本放送協会 ("Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai"; "Japan Broadcasting Corporation"; N.H.K.) WORLD English — which is an inverse, pro-U.S. Federal Government version of R.T.

2 private sources

• Philippine Daily Inquirer

• A.B.S.-C.B.N. News — which is apparently owned by the the Lopez clan

If I have extra time, I search...

• Drudge Report

• Wall Street Journal Online

• Zero Hedge

(sigh) But, man... checking the news takes so freaking long!
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Zach 2012/07/17 22:38:48

Online

Nash's WTFIWWY

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Ryoka∞Boy 2012/07/17 21:54:41

Online

Newspapers online actually..

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mizzSHADYgirl 2012/07/17 21:27:11

Online

Anywhere on the internet basically

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Russian 2012/07/17 21:07:28

Online

+2
RT.com RussiaToday

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