Media Standards Trust

Chris Paterson charts the rising importance of internet news alongside the declining number of sources for international news. His key finding is that whereas in 2001, 68% of news portal/aggregator te...

Source: Centre for Intl Communications Research, Centre for International Communications Research

May-06

Keywords: Online news, blogs, market dominance, news agency

Chris Paterson's paper looks at the concentration of corporate control over public affairs information in the context of emerging news distribution mechanisms. Arguing that the dominance of AP and Reu...

Source: Centre for Intl Communications Research, Centre for International Communications Research

Apr-03

Keywords: Online news, blogs, market dominance, news agency, politics

Snapshot of the current state of political blogging in the UK (early 2004). Focuses on 8 'types' of political blog (the MPs blog, the candidates blog etc.). Most said the purpose of blogging was to pr...

Source: Hansard, Hansard Society

Jul-04

Keywords: blogs, Internet, online news, democracy, politics,

Biennial Pew news consumption survey amongst 3,204 adults. Shows growth of internet as main source of news slowing. Supplementary source for many. Audience for online news broad not deep (many people ...

Source: Pew Center for Press & People, Pew Research Centre for People and Press

Jul-06

Keywords: Internet, online news, trust, technology

Survey amongst 1,464 Americans shows public becoming more critical of the press, although still favourable to news organisations overall. One third of all Americans under 40 cite the internet as their...

Source: Pew Center for Press & People, Pew Research Centre for People and Press

Jun-05

Keywords: Online news, print news, Internet, payment

Each day approximately 50 million Americans turn to the internet for news. 70% American adults now have internet access. For a sizeable and influential group of broadband users, the internet is a prim...

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, Pew Internet and American Life Project

Mar-06

Keywords: Online news, Internet

Findings of daily tracking survey show internet is second only to television as source of news about science for Americans. 40m rely on internet as main sources of science news. Particularly true if ...

Source: Pew Internet & American Life Project, Pew Internet and American Life Project

Nov-06

Keywords: science, Online news, Internet

An evaluation of how effectively the 100 most circulated US newspapers are using the internet. Study found that 76% of US newspapers offered RSS feeds and 80% had reporter blogs. However, only 19% all...

Source: Bivings, The Bivings Group

Aug-06

Keywords: Internet, newspapers, online news, America, blogs, RSS feeds