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How the Public Perceives Community Information Systems
Introduction When people think about issues in their communities, they usually frame those issues through practical questions they would like to see addressed. Is the town budget too high or too low?...
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Lee Rainie joins Mayur Patel of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Barbara Kibbe and Tony Siesfeld of the Monitor Institute in discussing new research findings about the information...
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Local news is going mobile. Nearly half of all American adults (47%) report that they get at least some local news and information on their cellphone or tablet computer. What they seek out most on...
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Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project, discusses the latest trends in Americans use of the internet and smart phones and how people use technology to...
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How people learn about their local community
Contrary to much of the conventional understanding of how people learn about their communities, Americans turn to a wide range of platforms to get local news and information, and where they turn varies...
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Associate Director of Research Kristen Purcell will be presenting Pew Internet data on local news information ecosystems at a conference from February 21-22 called “Informing (In)Stability: The...
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Kristen will be discussing Pew Internet’s groundbreaking data on local news information ecosystems at Ohio State’s Journal of Law and Policy for the Information Society’s 2012 symposium, “The Future of...
View Article72% of Americans follow local news closely
Most adults follow local news closely, relying on local newspapers and other sources Nearly three quarters (72%) of adults are quite attached to following local news and information, and local...
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Communities and Local News: Profiles
Most adults follow what is happening in their local communities and that the local news ecosystem is complex. Rather than relying on one or two main sources of local news, most adults use a wide...
View ArticleHow people get local news and information in different communities
Local News and Community Types In January, 2011 the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism and Internet & American Life Project, in partnership with the Knight Foundation,...
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