Comments on: Where we get the news http://www.newslab.org/2010/03/02/where-we-get-the-news/ Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:42:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Advancing the Story Where we get the news http://www.newslab.org/2010/03/02/where-we-get-the-news/comment-page-1/#comment-3056 Advancing the Story Where we get the news Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:32:51 +0000 http://www.newslab.org/?p=2135#comment-3056 [...] Sourced from: NewsLab [...] [...] Sourced from: NewsLab [...]

]]> By: CR Dykers http://www.newslab.org/2010/03/02/where-we-get-the-news/comment-page-1/#comment-2909 CR Dykers Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:35:51 +0000 http://www.newslab.org/?p=2135#comment-2909 What question did Pew ask? If I were asked, "Do you watch local television news 5 days out of each week?", I would have to say, "Yes." I tune in, with the sound off, at some point during the local evening news because I listen to weather forecasts -- and sometimes a brief segment of area college sports, Maybe a total of 5 minutes focused attention. My iPhone Weather Channel app gets much more attention -- as do my NYTimes app and Twitter tweets from multiple groups that study or produce online news (like this site). This seems a pattern with my friends. Better measurement of just how much "attention" is focused surely would produce different results. Of course, this is one person's anecdote. But finding better measures is always an issue in media studies, right? What question did Pew ask? If I were asked, “Do you watch local television news 5 days out of each week?”, I would have to say, “Yes.” I tune in, with the sound off, at some point during the local evening news because I listen to weather forecasts — and sometimes a brief segment of area college sports, Maybe a total of 5 minutes focused attention.

My iPhone Weather Channel app gets much more attention — as do my NYTimes app and Twitter tweets from multiple groups that study or produce online news (like this site). This seems a pattern with my friends. Better measurement of just how much “attention” is focused surely would produce different results. Of course, this is one person’s anecdote. But finding better measures is always an issue in media studies, right?

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