▁res umes . ▁ ▁Use ▁by ▁individuals ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁news ▁source ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁ 8 1 % ▁of ▁users ▁look ▁online ▁for ▁news ▁of ▁the ▁weather , ▁first ▁and ▁for em ost , ▁with ▁the ▁percentage ▁seeking ▁national ▁news ▁at ▁ 7 3 %, ▁ 5 2 % ▁for ▁sports ▁news , ▁and ▁ 4 1 % ▁for ▁entertain ment ▁or ▁celebr ity ▁news . ▁According ▁to ▁CNN , ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁ 7 5 % ▁of ▁people ▁got ▁their ▁news ▁forward ed ▁through ▁e - mail ▁or ▁social ▁media ▁posts , ▁whereas ▁ 3 7 % ▁of ▁people ▁shared ▁a ▁news ▁item ▁via ▁Facebook ▁or ▁Twitter . ▁Facebook ▁and ▁Twitter ▁make ▁news ▁a ▁more ▁particip atory ▁experience ▁than ▁before ▁as ▁people ▁share ▁news ▁articles ▁and ▁comment ▁on ▁other ▁people ' s ▁posts . ▁Rain ie ▁and ▁Well man ▁have ▁argued ▁that ▁media ▁making ▁now ▁has ▁become ▁a ▁participation ▁work , ▁which ▁changes ▁communication ▁systems . ▁However , ▁ 2 7 % ▁of ▁respond ents ▁worry ▁about ▁the ▁accuracy ▁of ▁a ▁story ▁on ▁a ▁blog . ▁From ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁poll , ▁P ew ▁Research ▁Center ▁found ▁that ▁Americans ▁are ▁w ary ▁about ▁the ▁ways ▁that ▁social ▁media ▁sites ▁share ▁news ▁and ▁certain ▁content . ▁ ▁This ▁war iness ▁of ▁accuracy ▁is ▁on ▁the ▁rise ▁as ▁social ▁media ▁sites ▁are ▁increasing ly ▁explo ited ▁by ▁aggreg ated ▁new ▁sources ▁which ▁st itch ▁together ▁multiple ▁fe eds ▁to ▁develop ▁pla us ible ▁correl