Among daily news sources, only cable TV and Internet news have shown significant gains in popularity since 2006, a new Gallup poll reveals. Although most Americans still get their news from local TV stations, that outlet and all other media are stable or declining.
Gallup’s Lymari Morales writes, “for the first time since Gallup began asking this question in 1995, significantly more Americans say they turn to cable news networks daily than say they turn to nightly network news programs, though it is worth noting that the popularity of the network news programs has remained fairly stable compared with recent years.”
The Internet has shown the biggest increase in popularity as a news source, with 31% of Americans saying it is a daily news source. This marks a nearly 50% increase since 2006 and a more than 100% increase since 2002.