• by Joe Mandese  @mp_joemandese, October 29, 2010

About two-thirds of Americans still prefer getting their news from traditional media such as newspapers, magazines and TV, but a slight majority now believes that such media may not exist in 10 years. Those are the findings of a survey of 2,095 adults, released Thursday by 24/7 Wall St./Harris Polls.

The survey, which was conducted online Oct. 8 to 12, projects that 55% of Americans are dubious about traditional media's chances of survival.

Despite their perceived preferences, 50% of the respondents said they now get almost all their news online.

Focusing on specific news sources, nearly half (46%) of the respondents said they go to local television news all the time, while about one-third said they go to local newspapers (35%) and network television news (31%). Two in five adults, however, said they never go to national newspapers like the New York Times or weekly news magazines (42% each) when they are looking for news.

In terms of their perceived time spent with media, one-quarter of adults said that over the past year, the time they have spent reading newspapers in print and reading magazines in print has declined (25% and 23% respectively). Conversely, three in ten adults (28%) say the time they have spent visiting online news and information sites has increased over the past year.