Daily Almanac for
Nov 28, 2009
Search White Pages
Search: Infoplease Info search tips
Search: Biographies Bio search tips
Arts and Entertainment > Books, Magazines, and Newspapers > Newspapers and Magazines

Time Spent Consuming News, by Age

  Average minutes “yesterday”1
  Jan. 1994 April 1996 April 1998 April 2000 April 2002 April 2004 1994–2004
difference
18–24 51 37 47 36 31 35 –16
25–29 62 53 50 50 48 45 –17
30–34 65 59 52 45 54 59 –6
35–49 74 64 62 57 57 66 –8
50–64 83 79 69 64 71 76 –7
65+ 90 89 96 80 81 85 –5
1. All averages are estimated, based on time spent watching TV news, reading newspapers and listening to news on the radio. Online news is not included.
Source: Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.

Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

News Source: Where People Get News Newspapers and Magazines Top 100 Consumer Magazines 2007
    • Cite
    • Print
    • Bookmark