It’s no surprise that a majority of smartphone owners use
their phone to follow breaking news, but it is more surprising that a Pew Research Center's study found that
40 percent of smartphone users over 65 also do so, at least occasionally.
The percentage is much higher for young people: 72 percent of people 18-29 use smart phones to get the news.
The percentage is much higher for young people: 72 percent of people 18-29 use smart phones to get the news.
Rebecca Beitsch, a 20-something reporter at Stateline, a news service, is a bit of an aberration for her age group.
Rebecca mentioned getting news from Facebook. Some 90 percent of adults in Rebecca's age group are on Facebook, according to Pew, while 46 percent of adults over 65 are Facebook users. Increasingly, Facebook and other social media are the way people get their news on mobile devices.
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