The statistic presents the influence of tablet ownership on news consumption in the United States in 2012. During the Pew survey, 31 percent of the 2012 respondents said they spent more time on getting news now that they have a tablet.
Now that you have a tablet, do you spend more, less or the same amount of time getting news as before?*
Characteristic
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2012: June 29 to August 8, 2012 / 2011: July15 to 30, 2011
Number of respondents
2012: n = 810 tablet users
Age group
18 years and older
Special properties
get news on tablet at least weekly
Method of interview
Online panel
Supplementary notes
* During the survey, this question was posed as follows: "Now, thinking specifically about the news you get on your tablet from any source. Again by news we mean everything from the latest headlines to in-depth articles and commentary. In general, do you find that you spend...?" The source does not provide a number of respondents for 2011.
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Pew Research Center, & The Economist. (October 1, 2012). Now that you have a tablet, do you spend more, less or the same amount of time getting news as before?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/248460/influence-of-tablet-ownership-on-news-consumption-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center, und The Economist. "Now that you have a tablet, do you spend more, less or the same amount of time getting news as before?*." Chart. October 1, 2012. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/248460/influence-of-tablet-ownership-on-news-consumption-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center, The Economist. (2012). Now that you have a tablet, do you spend more, less or the same amount of time getting news as before?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/248460/influence-of-tablet-ownership-on-news-consumption-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center, and The Economist. "Now That You Have a Tablet, Do You Spend More, Less or The Same Amount of Time Getting News as Before?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Oct 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/248460/influence-of-tablet-ownership-on-news-consumption-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center & The Economist, Now that you have a tablet, do you spend more, less or the same amount of time getting news as before?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/248460/influence-of-tablet-ownership-on-news-consumption-in-the-us/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
Now that you have a tablet, do you spend more, less or the same amount of time getting news as before?* [Graph], Pew Research Center, & The Economist, October 1, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/248460/influence-of-tablet-ownership-on-news-consumption-in-the-us/