From large urban areas to rural communities, Americans often
report similarly high levels of interest in news.
Still, a national survey
shows that community differences emerge in the number and variety of local news
sources people use in different types of communities, as well as their degree
of “local news participation” through social media and their mobile news
consumption.
A new report from the Pew Research Center shows that many of
the differences in local news consumption emerging from these data reflect the
varying demographic compositions of different community types in the U.S. Some
differences in the platforms people use might also be tied to the lower overall
use of the internet and mobile platforms in small towns and rural areas.
“Interest in community news on all kinds of topics is quite
high in every type of community,” noted Kristen Purcell of the Pew Research Center’s
Internet & American Life Project, a co-author of the report. “Still, people
get local information in different ways depending on the type of community in
which they live, and they differ in the degree to which digital and mobile
platforms factor into their mix of sources."
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