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Reliance on national news as a source of information in the U.S. 2018, by age

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Amy Watson,

Dec 19, 2022

This graph shows the result on a survey about how much Americans rely on national news to stay informed in 2018, by age. During the survey, 35 percent of respondents aged 18 to 29 stated that they relied on national news a lot to stay informed.

Share of consumers who rely on national news to stay informed in the United States in 2018, by age

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Characteristic	A lot	Some	Not much	Not at all
18-29	35%	39%	14%	13%
30-44	33%	38%	20%	10%
45-54	39%	42%	12%	7%
55-64	52%	30%	11%	7%
65+	53%	31%	8%	7%

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Details: United States; Morning Consult; Politico; April 5 to 7, 2018; 1,994 respondents; 18 years and older; Online survey

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Sources

Politico; Morning Consult

Survey by

Morning Consult; Politico

Published by

Morning Consult

Source link

morningconsult.com

Release date

April 2018

Citation formats

Region

United States

Survey time period

April 5 to 7, 2018

Number of respondents

1,994 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

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