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News Consumption

In the days of old, consumption of news, or things deemed worthy to be informative to the people was often found in formats that are quickly sliding into the past. Formats such as print advertisements, magazines, and even print newspapers are quickly loosing their edge to the digital age.

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Now news consumption is accessed across a broad selection of digital platforms such as Google, Yahoo! News, social media and more. In a digital news report in 2015 (Hand, 2018) , it was found that individuals consume news more in the following ways:

  • 11% paid for news online
  • 26% accessed it thru a smart phone
  • 32% shared news stories through email and social media
(Hand, 2018). News consumption has changed because we now often don't even garner it from newsworthy sites. We see news without seeking out news via our platform of choice. 

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How do you consume news? Are you of the age who still purchases a newspaper, as my own parents do? I have vast memories of every single morning watching my mother reading the news. Hearing the  rustle of paper is one of my childhood memories, even if it was the rustling of paper as my brother and I fought over the Sunday comics. Or are you in deep in the throes of the digital age and you don't read or consume news unless it's given to you on your preferred platform of choice!

Resources
Hand, D. (2018, July 19). 5 Ways Technology Has Changed the Communication Field. Retrieved August 9, 2018, from https://programs.online.american.edu/msc/resource/5-ways-technology-has-changed-the-communication-field

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