Fewer Getting News From Radio
The language of news media consumption is changing for
Hispanics: a growing share of Latino adults are consuming news in English from
television, print, radio and internet outlets, and a declining share are doing
so in Spanish, according to survey findings from the Pew Research Center .
In 2012, 82% of Hispanic adults said they got at least some
of their news in English, up from 78% who said the same in 2006. By contrast,
the share who get at least some of their news in Spanish has declined, to 68%
in 2012 from 78% in 2006.
Half (50%) of Latino adults say they get their news in both
languages, down from 57% in 2010.
The rise in use of English news sources has been driven by
an increase in the share of Hispanics who say they get their news exclusively
in English. According to the survey, one-third (32%) of Hispanic adults in 2012
did this, up from 22% in 2006. By contrast, the share of Hispanic adults who
get their news exclusively in Spanish has decreased to 18% in 2012 from 22% in
2006.
Television is the most popular platform for news, but
internet is on the rise
Fully 86% of Latino adults say that on a typical weekday
they get their news from television. That is down slightly from 92% who said
the same in 2006 but is higher than the share of Latinos who get their news
from radio (56%), the internet (56%) or print newspapers (42%).
Use of internet news media has grown among Latino adults.
Today more than half (56%) say they consume news media on a typical weekday
from the internet, up from 37% in 2006.
Radio news media and print newspapers have seen the biggest
declines in use among Latino adults. Use of radio is down from 64% in 2006 to
56% in 2012. Use of print newspapers is down even more sharply, from 58% in
2006 to 42% in 2012.
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