Okay, so obviously social media plays an increasingly important role in our lives today. If it didn’t, we wouldn’t currently be enrolled in this Social Media for PR class. So it should come as no surprise that people are looking to social media outlets for their news. The article Social Media Plays a Major Part in How We Get News includes interesting statistics like this one:

“ Based on a sample of 2,259 adults, the study reveals that three fourths of the people (75%) who find news online get it either forwarded through e-mail or posts on social networking sites, and half of them (52%) forward the news through those means.”

I cant say that this news is shocking to me though. I personally prefer the old fashion way of a tangible news source. You know, a newspaper, Time magazine, or something of that sort. But I also don’t always find the time (yes, that’s my excuse and im sticking to it) to watch the news or read a newspaper. But because we all always have time to check our facebook and twitter pages, it should come as no shock that this is where we look for our news. Also, In our defense, facebook and twitter mobile make it incredibly convenient. The article also refers to the pew study’s statistics that state that only 7% of people are getting their information from a single media platform or news source. This supports what I recently read in my Public Relations class, about people not being “loyal” to one specific news source anymore because of the increasing array of various news platforms. While this may not necessarily be a good thing for news channels or newspapers, I think the fact that we can now even get our news from social media sources is a good thing that shows how connected we all really are.