Earlier this year as Americans sought news about the recession and the economy, they turned to television, radio and newspapers more often than the Internet, per the Pew Research Center.
A just-released Pew survey, conducted in March and April, shows that 84% of respondents watched TV or listened to the radio for general economic news, 64% checked newspapers, magazines and
books, and 48% went online. "We have consistently seen that traditional media and particularly TV is still the No. 1 way most Americans get political [and economic] news and information," says Lee
Rainie, Pew project director.
In the season through April, CBS, ABC and NBC increased their nightly newscasts audiences by 5.9% from a year earlier, according to Nielsen. However, personal finance is a different story. Among Internet users who have high-speed access, the Web is the most important source for personal finance information, says Pew.
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