Online news more popular, just about, than news in newspapers

The latest Ofcom reports on how British people are consuming news programs, but as expected, the number of digital devices is increasing.

According to the survey, about 41% said they had accessed the news and increased 40% before they accessed the newspaper online. One year ago, the total number of online is 32%, and the newspaper is currently 40%.

Online news viewers, including those using websites and apps, are also larger than the radio, preferring 36% (35% last year).

But so far, TV is still the main cause of news consumption, 75% of UK adults say they rely on television to tell you what happened. This is a slight decrease of less than 78% since 2013.

There is no doubt that young people (16-24 years) are involved in the rapid increase of digital news, and in 2014 60% has increased from last year's 44%.

The main source of information was a news investigation entrusted by Ofcom, conducted by Kantar Media from March 20 to April 2014, with a total of 2,731 British people.

Despite frequent consumption of American news, less than half (47%) of respondents said they paid for newspapers and magazines online in newspapers and online. Newspaper and magazine print subscriptions are more popular than online subscriptions and app subscriptions, but more Americans subscribe to cables instead of subscribing to all kinds of newspapers and magazines. For example, people receiving news more than once a day are more likely to show accurate facts to them than those who do not regularly receive news (86% versus 63%). They are more likely to provide the latest details on news sources than those who do not regularly receive news (84% versus 58%). When speaking about the news source they use most often (78% vs. 58%), they are also more likely to comment on the news than the less frequent news consumers.

What do you sell when you sell the news? As Brian Williams's case shows, TV news is selling personalities, popularity, celebrities, not news value. Newspapers and online news sites are selling eyes to advertisers, not the importance of news for people's lives. Some of the magazines and today's online sites are attracting attention, not influence of community news - usually entertainment -.

An early example of an "online only" newspaper or magazine was (PLATO) News Report, an online newspaper created by Bruce Parrello on the 1974 PLATO system at the University of Illinois. Beginning in 1987, the Brazilian newspaper Jornaldodia ran through the national Embratel network and used the Internet in the 1990s. By the end of the 1990's, hundreds of American newspapers published online versions, but they did not offer much interactivity. An example is UK weekend city news commentary, and since 1995 weekly news summaries are offered on-line since 1995. Today, online news becomes an important part of society and we are discussing whether people are good for society. Author of Austra Taylor's popular book, The Peoples Platform, believes that online news does not provide the details necessary to fully understand the actual situation. It's like a simple summary to let people know what happened, but it did not provide a solution to the problem or modify it.